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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Skid

A drag to check the wheels of a carriage, cart, etc., when going down hill. (Anglo-Saxon, scid, a splinter.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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