skeg
IPA: skˈɛg
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.
- 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.
- (Northern England) A look or glance.
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Examples of "skeg" in Sentences
- This skeg is also molded into the hull.
- It has a skeg mounted rudder and a fin keel.
- The skeg can be added as an additional board.
- It had a 7 foot draft and a skeg hung rudder.
- I think skeg is much the same by all accounts.
- This link explains the subtleties of the kayak skeg.
- The board was without a skeg, which had yet to be invented.
- In the eighties the term skeg was used to refer to a surfer.
- This type of skeg is pictured at the bottom of the same linked page.
- A windsurfers skeg acts in a more complex manner to that of a surfers.
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