OUTRIGGER
\a͡ʊtɹˈɪɡə], \aʊtɹˈɪɡə], \aʊ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə]\
Definitions of OUTRIGGER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
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A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
By Oddity Software
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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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A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
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A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
By Noah Webster.
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On a ship, a projecting spar or beam for extending sails or ropes; a boat with attachments at the sides to keep it from upsetting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A projecting spar for extending sails or any part of the rigging: an apparatus fixed to a boat to increase the leverage of the oar: a boat with this apparatus.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald