skeg Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost

WordNet

Skeg noun
Etymology
Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. skgr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913