skid n Cp EDD ~ 1 c 'plank or roller,' ELMER 149-52 for sense 3.
1 Projection of keel to which rudder is attached; skeg (Q 67-17).
[1918-19] GORDON 26 Devoted the whole day to hauling up boats. First of all we tackled the St Helen, who taxed our utmost strength. When halfway up the bank. her ropes snapped and she slid back onto the mud, breaking off her keel-projection (locally termed the 'skid'). [1928] MCCAWLEY 10 "Lukie's Boat": Lukie's boat got a fine new jib, / And a nice little rudder hung to her skid.
2 Gangway.
[1960] BURKE (ed White) 11 "The Little Bunch of Whiskers": A lady then got on the skids / To try and hail a cab / When soon the gangway broke / And down in the water, dab. T 141/66-652 There was a skid off from the rail o' the schooner to the wharf, and I was up on the skid going ashore.
3 Boat's slipway.
C 75-132 A skid is a place for hauling up boats—made with long round logs—easy for rolling boat in and out of the water.
