GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. (Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]