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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.
EXPAND6.
a structure extending outward from a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft to increase stability or provide support for something.
7.
a projecting beam, as for supporting a hoisting tackle.
8.
COLLAPSEa horizontal steel beam extending the base of a crane.
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Outrigger
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World English Dictionary
| outrigger (ˈaʊtˌrɪɡə) | |
| —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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