'Skeg' definitions:
Definition of 'skeg'
(from WordNet)
noun
A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
Definition of 'Skeg'
From: GCIDE
- Skeg \Skeg\, n. [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk?gr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.]
- 1. A sort of wild plum. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. A kind of oats. --Farm. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached. [1913 Webster]