skelp2 (skelp)

[Origin obscure.] A strip of iron prepared for making a pipe or tube by bending it round a bar and welding it. Those made for gun-barrels are thicker at one end than at the other. skelp-bender (skelp'ben"der), n. A machine for bending iron strips into skelps. It consists of a die of the required form made in two parts which open on a slide to receive the end of a strip, and are closed by a lever. The end is bent to shape, and the strip is then seized by appropriate mechanism, and drawn through the die. E. H. Knight. skelper (skel'pėr), n. 1. One who skelps or strikes. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] That vile doup- skelper Emperor Joseph. Burns, To a Gentleman who had sent a Newspaper. [Prov. 2. Anything very large. Hall i well. Eng.] skelping (skel'ping), a. [Prop. ppr. of skelp1, v.] Full; bursting; very large. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] skelter (skel'ter), v. i. [See helter - skelter.] To rush; hurry; dash along. Compare helter - skel ter. [Prov. Eng.] After the long dry, skeltering wind of March and part of April, there had been a fortnight of soft wet. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xxii.