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Outrigger   Listen
noun
outrigger  n.  
1.
Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
2.
(Naut.)
(a)
A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
(b)
A boat thus equipped.
(c)
A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe.
3.
(Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.





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"Outrigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... the halliards in his hands. For some time she stood up to her canvas, when a strong blast striking her, she heeled over until her lee outrigger ...
— The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston


Words linked to "Outrigger" :   stabiliser, stabilizer


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