Skeg : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Skeg	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Skeg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skeg n a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. pl. A kind of oats. --Farm. Encyc. 3. (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.