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skipple U.S.|ˈskɪp(ə)l|
Also 7 skiple.
[ad. Du. schepel (also MDu. and MLG.; OS. scepel), = G. scheffel (OHG. sceffil) bushel.]
A measure of three pecks. Also attrib.
1685Pennsylv. Arch. I. 95 One Skiple Salt. 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. N. York (1860) 34 Long Island Wheat three shillings a Skipple (a Skipple being three parts of a Bushel). 1769Cont. Narr. Ind. Charity School Lebanon 18 Corn [maize] and wheat at the German Flats are from six shillings to a dollar a skipple. 1901N. & Q. Ser. ix. VIII. 283/2 The Skipple-measure or Short Bushel of New England. |