skeg
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /skɛɡ/
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 Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
- (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 Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.
- 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs
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