skep

English

Etymology

Late Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa ‘basket’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɛp/

Noun

skep (plural skeps)

1. a basket
2. a beehive made of straw or wicker

   • 1977: He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons. — Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command