skelp Meaning, Definition & Usage

Skelp noun
Etymology
Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.
Definitions
  1. A blow; a smart stroke. Prov. Eng. Brockett.
  2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. Scot.
Skelp transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To strike; to slap. Scot. C. Reade.
Skelp noun
Definitions
  1. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

Webster 1913