skiff
noun
- term used for a number of essentially unrelated styles of small boat
- a small rowing boat, term particularly applicable if it is attached to a larger vessel
- a small racing sailing boat
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skɪf/
name
- A surname.
noun
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
“In the fourth year, "light skiff" pruning removes just the uppermost growth.”
“The sequence of the 3-year pruning cycle is light pruning; light skiff; and deep skiff[…]”
verb
- To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.
“Skiffing is the lightest form of pruning involving as it does removal of a certain amount of growth above the previous pruning level.”