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outrigger |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outrigger \Out"rig`ger\, n. (A["e]ronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outrigger \Out"rig`ger\, 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outrigger n : a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or pontoon parallel to the hull
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