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Definition of skippet in English: skippetnounˈskɪpɪtˈskipit historical A small round wooden box used to preserve documents and seals. Example sentencesExamples - The Seal, made of green beeswax and placed in a metal box called a skippet, hung like a pendant from the document.
- A removable shelf allows the object to be removed from the box without exerting stress on the binding, skippet, tassels, and metallic cord.
- A stream of corrosive acid sprays out from the skippet, catching you in the chest as you leap back in terror.
- From the scroll are suspended the officer of arms’ wax seals in their brass skippets.
- The object attached by the braided cord, called a skippet, contains the seal of the French government impressed in wax.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. Rhymes pipit, sippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet Definition of skippet in US English: skippetnounˈskipit historical A small round wooden box used to preserve documents and seals. Example sentencesExamples - A stream of corrosive acid sprays out from the skippet, catching you in the chest as you leap back in terror.
- A removable shelf allows the object to be removed from the box without exerting stress on the binding, skippet, tassels, and metallic cord.
- The object attached by the braided cord, called a skippet, contains the seal of the French government impressed in wax.
- The Seal, made of green beeswax and placed in a metal box called a skippet, hung like a pendant from the document.
- From the scroll are suspended the officer of arms’ wax seals in their brass skippets.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. |