skeg
Americannoun
-
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.
noun
-
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
-
a rear fin on the underside of a surfboard
Etymology
Origin of skeg
1590–1600; < Dutch scheg cutwater < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skegg projection on the stern of a boat
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They also added a key feature, the skeg or bottom-of-the-board rudder and, yes, they invented the wetsuit.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2018
My skeg gently bumped on the bigger rocks.
From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015
Most seemed to take a steep path up the mountainside to Diamond Head Road, their pale boards, carried on their heads, moving steadily, skeg first, through the switchbacks.
From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015
The dining room, for example, features a curvy banquette, known as the wave, that wraps around a surfboard-shaped table with a removable skeg at one end.
From Architectural Digest • Nov. 1, 2010
Skeg, skeg, n. a stump, branch: the after-part of a ship's keel.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
