NOUN (2)

1. a large round wicker basket (used on farms);

2. a domed beehive made of twisted straw;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skep \Skep\, n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap
   a basket, a beehive.]
   1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
      --Tusser.
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   2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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