Skelp
Skelp , noun
[Compare Prov. English 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.]
1.
A blow; a smart stroke. [Provincial English] — Brockett
2.
A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scottish]
Skelp , transitive verb
1.
To strike; to slap. [Scottish] — C. Reade
2.
To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.
Skelp , noun
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.