skep Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
  2. noun a domed beehive made of twisted straw

WordNet

Skep noun
Etymology
Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.
Definitions
  1. A coarse round farm basket. Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. Tusser.
  2. A beehive. Prov. Eng. & Scot.

Webster 1913