skeel/skiːl/EtymologyFrom Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ.skeel means A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.“The dairywoman now rolls the whole into one lump[…], closing the fingers, partially, at every stroke; thereby leaving it at the bottom of the skeel, exceedingly rough.”A washtub.