skelp

Definitions

1. 1.A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]
2. 2.To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade.
3. 3.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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