Skelp

·noun A blow; a smart stroke.

II. Skelp ·noun A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.

III. Skelp ·vt To Strike; to Slap.

IV. Skelp ·add. ·vt To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.

V. 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.