skeg

[ skeg ]

nounNautical.

a projection supporting a rudder at its lower end, located abaft a sternpost or rudderpost.
an extension of the keel of a small craft, designed to improve steering.

Origin of skeg

1590–1600; <Dutch scheg cutwater <Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skegg projection on the stern of a boat

Words Nearby skeg

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How to use skeg in a sentence

The surface vessel has a propeller in her skeg operating athwartship in addition to the usual stem propeller.
The Submarine in War and Peace | Simon Lake
The other end of the propeller-shaft rests in the skeg bearing.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis Yates
The end of the propeller also revolves adjacent to the bearing in the skeg.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis Yates
skeg, skeg, n. a stump, branch: the after-part of a ship's keel.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

British Dictionary definitions for skeg

skeg

/ (skɛɡ) /

nounnautical

a reinforcing brace between the after end of a keel and the rudderpost
a support at the bottom of a rudder

a projection from the forefoot of a vessel for towing paravanes
any short keel-like projection at the stern of a boat
Australian a rear fin on the underside of a surfboard

Origin of skeg

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic skegg cutwater

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