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skelp

1
or scelp

[ skelp ]

noun

  1. a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
  2. the sound of such a slap or smack.


verb (used with object)

  1. to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
  2. to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.

skelp

2

[ skelp ]

noun

  1. metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.

skelp

1

/ skɛlp /

noun

  1. sheet or plate metal that has been curved and welded to form a tube
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


skelp

2

/ skɛlp /

verb

  1. tr to slap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a slap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skelp1

1350–1400; Middle English; probably imitative

Origin of skelp2

First recorded in 1805–15; perhaps special use of skelp 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skelp1

C19: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic sgealb thin strip of wood

Origin of skelp2

C15: probably of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

Skelp; a blow, to give a blow or blows; a piece cut off:—'Tom gave Pat a skelp': 'I cut off a skelp of the board with a hatchet.'

He draws the skelp through two or more pairs of the above pincers or dies, each of less dimension than the preceding.

In making tubes of an inch of internal diameter, a skelp four inches and a half broad is employed.

Scelp, skelp, n. long strips of iron used in forming a gun-barrel.

It is not only the best descriptions of iron they plate with: twopenny skelp is more in use than any.

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