Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A timber that connects the keel and sternpost of a ship.
- noun An arm extending to the rear of the keel to support the rudder and protect the propeller.
- noun A series of timbers attached to the stern of a small boat, serving as a keel to keep the boat on course.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of wild plum, Prunus spinosa or P. insititia.
- noun The yellow iris, Iris Pseudacorus. Britten and Holland, Eng. Plant Names
- noun plural A kind of oats.
- noun The stump of a branch.
- noun A wooden peg.
- noun The after part of a ship's keel; also, a heavy metal projection abaft a ship's keel for the support of a balance-rudder. See cut under
balance-rudder .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A sort of wild plum.
- noun A kind of oats.
- noun (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical a fin-like
structure to the rear of thekeel of avessel thatsupports therudder andprotects apropeller - noun nautical a similar construction on a
boat that acts as a keel - noun a
fin that serves tostabilize asurfboard - noun obsolete A sort of wild
plum . - noun obsolete A kind of
oats .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This section, a part of the keel called a skeg, aids a cruise ship by helping it move linearly and by protecting its propeller and rudder.
unknown title 2009
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You guya ahould have used some mud tires it would have helped u guys lots in the skeg btw thenks for the sweet photos abd the sweet story
Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009
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You guya ahould have used some mud tires it would have helped u guys lots in the skeg btw thenks for the sweet photos abd the sweet story
Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009
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After a gosling is a month or six weeks old you may put it up to feed for a green goose, & it will be perfectly fed in another month following; and to feed them, there is no better meat then skeg oats boil'd, and given plenty thereof thrice a day, morning, noon, and night, with good store of milk, or milk and water mixt together to drink.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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A fin-like crease, or 'skeg,' ran from behind the front wheel opening to the rear of the car on the extreme lower body sides and there were special vertical crest medallions on the trailing edge of rear fenders.
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This kayak has a skeg so is very maneurverable and steady.
craigslist | for sale / wanted in seattle-tacoma webmaster@craigslist.org 2010
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This kayak has a skeg so is very maneurverable and steady.
craigslist | sporting goods in seattle-tacoma webmaster@craigslist.org 2010
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* Aluminum frame reinforced stern acts as a skeg, increasing the tracking performance; new tracking fin further enhances tracking
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A fin-like crease, or 'skeg,' ran from behind the front wheel opening to the rear of the car on the extreme lower body sides and there were special vertical crest medallions on the trailing edge of rear fenders.
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Attaches to the skeg and controlled by the coxswain to steer the boat by attached cables.
unknown title 2009
treeseed commented on the word skeg
"In the vocabulary of surfers, a skeg is a stabilizing strut or fin located at the rear of the surfboard. A surf board skeg improves the board's fundamental directional stability and enables directional control by banking: varying the surfer's side to side weight distribution."
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June 6, 2008