Obsolete spelling of ship

(nautical) A gear; a tackle. / (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

(dated) Of the wind: to blow with great violence.

(firearms) A gun barrel formed by twisting and welding strips of metal around a hard die; no longer commonly used now due to its inability to handle high cartridge pressure on modern ammunition.