Definition of "skelp" []

• To beat or slap. (verb)
• A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe. (noun)

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• "The skelp is a piece or bar of iron, about three feet long, and four inches wide, but thicker and broader at one end than at the other; and the barrel of a musket is formed by forging out such pieces to the proper dimensions, and then folding or bending them into a cylindrical form, until the edges overlap, so that they can be welded together."
• "Give each other's children a skelp across the ear, impose and police standards of behaviour across the community."
• "He'll be after you down the street, trying to skelp you about the head with a brolly..."