Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Skewer

Skewer , noun

[Probably of Scand, origin; compare Swedish & Danish skifer a slate. Compare Shuver a fragment.]

A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. — Swift

Skewer , transitive verb

To fasten with skewers.