1. Noun
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. Noun
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
3. Noun
Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
4. Noun
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.
5. Noun
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
6. Verb
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
7. Verb
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
8. Noun
an unexpected slide
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