skeel

noun — 2 senses

skeel

noun

/skiːl/

Etymology From Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ.

1

Scotland, UK, Dialectal A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

The dairywoman now rolls the whole into one lump[…], closing the fingers, partially, at every stroke; thereby leaving it at the bottom of the skeel, exceedingly rough.1789, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire:

2

Scotland, UK, Dialectal A washtub.

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