skeg
English
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Etymology
From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg; compare Swedish skog. Compare also shaw.
Pronunciation
Noun
skeg (plural skegs)
- (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
- (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
- A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
- (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
- (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A kind of oat.
- 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs
- SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. of Linnaeus.
- 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs
Translations
rudder-supporting structure
similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel
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fin that stabilizes a surfboard
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surfer — see surfer
References
- “skeg”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “skeg”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.