Usually means: Long, narrow strip of metal.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word skelp:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. skelp: Merriam-Webster
  2. skelp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. skelp: Collins English Dictionary
  4. skelp: Wordnik
  5. skelp: Wiktionary
  6. skelp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. skelp: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Skelp, skelp: Dictionary.com
  9. Skelp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Skelp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. skelp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Skelp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. skelp: FreeDictionary.org
  14. skelp: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skelp: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Skelp: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  2. skelp: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)

(Note: See skelped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (skelp)

verb:  (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap.
verb:  (intransitive, Scotland) To move briskly along.
noun:  A blow; a smart stroke.
noun:  (Scotland) A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
noun:  (Scotland) A large portion.
noun:  A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
verb:  (transitive) To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
verb:  (transitive) To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.

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