skeg

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

• IPA^(key): /skɛɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

skeg (plural skegs)

1. (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. (nautical) 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.

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6. (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.

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