skeps

So saying, Andrew retreated, but often cast a parting glance upon the skeps, as he called the bee-hives.

Rob Roy 2005

Others in straw skeps, grey as old thatch and starting to soften up and cave in at the crowns.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

Others in straw skeps, grey as old thatch and starting to soften up and cave in at the crowns.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

His mother's two hives @ucrude skeps of barley straw@ustood fifty paces in from the brink of the cliff.

The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

They are further known as "Toad skeps" (toad's cap) in the Eastern counties.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The more ingenious, perhaps, are fashioning buckets or powdering tubs, or weaving skeps, baskets or snowshoes.

The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery

The skeps hang below the line from one or from two V wheels, supported by arms which project out sideways so as to clear the supports at the posts; the motor or dynamo on the locomotive is also below the line.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various

With these preliminaries finished, he proceeds to cast out the locks, according to quality, into baskets or skeps provided for that purpose.

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I expected, there were several bee-skeps hanging from nails, or lying on the floor.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

I waited at the window for a few moments, wondering if the men would pass the house; I felt a horrible longing to see those huge and ghastly things in skirts and bee-skeps striding across the snow, going home from their night's prowl like skulking foxes; but whoever they were they took no risks.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922