0 the operation of something such as a transport system in an extremely limited way at certain times:
In the 18 provincial towns affected by the strike a skeleton service is being given.
In all the 19 affected towns a skeleton service is being maintained in most switch rooms and a service of better quality in some.
In consequence, the company only scheduled a skeleton service of trains.
It will decline into a skeleton service designed only for the unfortunates who cannot afford the convenience of a private motor car.
Each move was accompanied by diminished resources and progressive contraction, which led inexorably to the skeleton service that he is now able to conduct.
We should like to know which areas do not provide even a skeleton service of meals for old people.
We anticipate there being only a skeleton service on the east coast main line.
In the new town areas there is not even a skeleton service.
