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Definition of Skelp

1. n. A blow; a smart stroke.

2. v. t. To strike; to slap.

3. n. 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.

4. v. t. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.

Definition of Skelp

1. Verb. (context: transitive Scotland northern England) To beat or slap. ¹

2. Noun. A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skelp

1. to slap [v SKELPED or SKELPIT, SKELPING, SKELPS] - See also: slap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelp

Literary usage of Skelp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"I eie them [sorrow, care] a skelp as they're creeping alang, S. Contented wf little ... And sock or buskin skelp alang Add. to the Deil. г. On W. Chalmers. ..."

2. Iron and Steel (a Pocket Encyclopedia): Including Allied Industries and Sciences by Hugh Philip Tiemann (1919)
"Welded and riveted pipes are made from plates of steel or wrought iron called skelp which are rolled up longitudinally into shape and the edges welded or ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1888)
"The relation of width of skelp to diameter of pipe is not arbitrary. ... The wider the skelp, the faster the pipe is made. With 8-inch skelp 8.175 inches is ..."

4. Supplement to the Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States by American Iron and Steel Association (1910)
"A complete list of mills which are equipped to roll iron and steel skelp is given ... Grooved skelp, rolled from puddled iron, for the use of the company. ..."

5. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"ROLLING OF SHEET BARS AND skelp Difficulties and Methods of Rolling Semi-Finished Flats: This material may or may not be rolled from the original heat of ..."

6. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"When the proper temperature is obtained, the skelp is pushed through an opening in the front of this furnace into the welding rolls, passing between two ..."

7. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"When the proper temperature is obtained, the skelp is pushed through an opening in the front of this furnace into the welding rolls, passing between two ..."

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