"Begging my paurdon 'll no dae," was the retort, "I'm gaun to gie ye a Skelp o' the lug!"
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
If you do, jest take his Skelp for me."
"Winning His Way"
Charles Carleton Coffin
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.
"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
Charles Babbage