skeel

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/skiːl/

noun

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

OriginOld Norse skjóla ← Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ →
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Meanings

nounskeel (plural skeels)

plural skeels

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalA 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. ScotlandUKdialectalA washtub.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skeulǭ
  2. Old Norseskjóla
  3. Englishskeel

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with skeel

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

skeel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeel

MLA

“skeel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skeel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeel.

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