skelp

Meanings

1. To beat or slap with the hand.
2. To beat, pound or hammer.
3. To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.
4. To move briskly along; to run.
5. To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall.

1. A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
2. A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
3. A large portion.

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

1. To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
2. To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.

Etymology

From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.