Category:Skid

Skid, n. Etym: [icel. ski a billet of wood. See shide.] [written also Skeed.]

1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under The wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep Hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a Chain, and used for the same purpose.

2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (naut.)

Defn: large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in Handling a cargo. Totten. (b) one of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form An inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is Moved by sliding or rolling. (c) one of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting Anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

Skid Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]

1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move On skids.

2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.