skep

skep  (skp)

n.

A beehive, especially one of straw.

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[Middle English, basket, from Old Norse skeppa, a dry measure, and from Old English sceppe (from Old Norse skeppa).]

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Skep, Skip a quantity of grain, 1100; of malt or charcoal (usually twelve bushels).

Examples: skep of bread, 1470; of chaff, 1846; of charcoal, 1353; of corn, 1380; of grain, c. 1100; of malt; of sand, 1669; of vegetables, 1824.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skep - a large round wicker basket (used on farms) basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles
	2.	skep - a domed beehive made of twisted straw hive, beehive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees