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skeg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /skɛɡ/
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Etymology

From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg. Compare shaw and Swedish skog.

Meanings

1. A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
4. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
5. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
   • Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
6. (obsolete) A kind of oat.
   • 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:
7. (Northern-England) A look or glance.

Forms

Translations (8)

fi evä (fin that stabilizes a surfboard) · it dragante (rudder-supporting structure) · fr skeg (rudder-supporting structure) · fi skegi (rudder-supporting structure) · nl scheg (rudder-supporting structure) · de Scheg (rudder-supporting structure) · fr aileron (rudder-supporting structure) · fi köli (similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel)