noun
- small round boxes or containers, typically made of wood, used for storing seals or documents
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The medieval clerk kept the royal seals in ornate skippets.
- Ancient skippets were discovered in the monastery’s archives.
- The scribe carefully placed the wax seal back into its skippet.
- Museum visitors can see examples of decorated wooden skippets.
- The document was stored in a leather-lined skippet for protection.