skep
/skɛp
/(also skip /skɛp/)
noun
1A straw or wicker beehive.The striking display will feature examples of different hives - such as a straw skep, a stone hive and a Congested Districts Board hive.
1.1 archaic A wooden or wicker basket: three skeps of vegetables
Origin
Late Old English sceppe 'basket', from Old Norse skeppa 'basket, bushel'.