Skeg

[skeg]

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

Checker: Sophia--From WordNet

(n.) A sort of wild plum.

(n.) A kind of oats.

(n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.

Checked by Fern

n. a stump branch: the after-part of a ship's keel.

n. a wild-plum.

Typist: Tyler