# skytale

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of scytale.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skytale