skippet

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A small boat.
2. n. A circular box used for covering and protecting a seal. Old documents were commonly sealed by means of a ribbon which passed through the parchment, and to which was affixed a large circular wax seal, not attached to the parchment itself, but hanging below its edge. The skippet used to protect such a seal was commonly turned of wood, like a shallow box, with a cover formed of a simple disk of wood held to the box by strings passed through eyelet-holes.
3. n. A small round vessel with a long handle, used for lading water.

Wiktionary

1. n. obsolete A small boat; a skiff.
2. n. A small, round box used for keeping documents and seals or for covering seals attached to documents

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete A small boat; a skiff.
2. n. obsolete A small round box for keeping records.