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outrigger

American  
[out-rig-er] / ˈaʊtˌrɪg 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. a long, flexible rod, attached to a fishing boat near the stern, along which a fishing line may be threaded to keep it clear of the boat's wake when trolling.

  6. 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. a horizontal steel beam extending the base of a crane.

outrigger British  
/ ˈaʊtˌrɪɡə /

noun

  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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of outrigger

First recorded in 1740–50; out- + rig + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

A custom paint job on an outrigger canoe on the Ka’anapali coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

The ngEHT and its orbiting outrigger should also be able to test Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, in the most extreme conditions ever, Doeleman says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 17, 2024

He saw the veterans as descendants of the ancient CHamoru warfighters, who had taken on the Spanish conquistadors with slings in hundreds of sail-powered outrigger canoes, circling them at two to three times their speed.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

The most important transmissions were of New Guinea shell fishhooks, which spread far into Australia, and of New Guinea outrigger canoes, which spread down the Cape York Peninsula.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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