skeg

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

skeg, n. [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. skgr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.].

•  A sort of wild plum.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of oats.  Farm. Encyc.  [1913 Webster]
•  The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

skeg, n.
1 a fin underneath the rear of a surfboard.
2 the after part of a vessel's keel or a projection from it.

Etymology

ON skeg beard, perh. via Du. scheg(ge)