skelp

David Narey's famous skelp to put Scotland one up against Brazil in 1982 was the exact point at which the rot set in.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2010

"Begging my paurdon 'll no dae," was the retort, "I'm gaun to gie ye a skelp o' the lug!"

From Prince Fortunatus by William Black

The wolf's my nat'ral inimy—I'd walk forty miles to git old kit a wolf skelp.

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

But of my own hand it's ever been a matter of congratoolations to me that I don't down nobody an' never takes a skelp.

From Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis

To slap with the open hand: an old word, said to have been imported from Iceland:— "I canno' tell a'; Some gat a skelp, and some gat a claw."

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher