skegs

Noun

skeg (plural skegs)

1. A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
4. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
5. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
   • Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...
6. (obsolete) A kind of oat.
   • SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs

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