skid fin

noun Aeronautics.

an upright projection or fin, positioned from leading edge to trailing edge in the center of the upper wing of some early airplanes and used to retard skidding.

Origin of skid fin

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby skid fin

skiamachy, skiascope, skiascopy, skibob, skid, skid fin, skid road, skid row, skidbladnir, skidder, skiddoo