English Dictionary

skeg

/skɛɡ/

noun

(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.

The skeg on the surfboard helps with stability.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.

意味（3）

A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.

意味（4）

(Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.

意味（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.

意味（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.