skelp
noun
Meaning
- A blow; a smart stroke.
- A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
- A large portion.
- To beat or slap.
- To move briskly along.
- A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
- To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
- To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.
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