outrigger
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ər noun
1.
a framework extended outboard from the side of a boat, especially, as in South Pacific canoes, supporting a float that gives stability.
2.
a bracket extending outward from the side of a racing shell, to support an oarlock.
3.
the shell itself.
4.
a spar rigged out from a ship's rail or the like, as for extending a sail.
5.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a framework for supporting a pontoon outside and parallel to the hull of a boat to provide stability |
| 2. | a boat equipped with such a framework, esp one of the canoes of the South Pacific |
| 3. | any projecting framework attached to a boat, aircraft, building, etc, to act as a support |
| 4. | rowing another name for rigger |
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Word Origin & History
outrigger
device used in Pacific and Indian oceans to stabilize canoes, 1748, altered (by influence of rig) from outligger (1481) "a spar projecting from a vessel," probably from the same root as Du. uitlegger, lit. "out-lyer."
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Example sentences
The pounding outrigger and hull beat up a froth that attracts the tuna, bringing them right up under the stern.
The outrigger was found with a broken weld under some rubble on the ground.
Villagers paddle outrigger canoes and grow taro and other traditional staples.
Outrigger canoeing racing of traditional pacific ocean outrigger canoes.
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