• | 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. |
• | A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. |
• | Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. |
• | 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. |
• | One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc. |
• | To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. |
• | To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. |
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