[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

side slip \side slip\
   see skid, below.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
skid 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skid \skid\ ski^d, n. icel. skimaceth 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a piece of timber used as a support, or to receive
      pressure. specifically:
      a pl. naut. 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.
          1913 webster

   3. aeronautics a runner one or two under some flying
      machines, used for landing.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   4. a low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be
      transported, typically of two layers, and having a space
      between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can
      be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy
      objects by means of a fork lift; -- a skid without wheels
      is the same as a pallet.
      pjc

   5. pl. declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or
      downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase

   on the skids and

   hit the skids.
      pjc

   6. from the v. act of skidding; -- called also side slip.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
shide skeed pallet on the skids hit the skids side slip 

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