Outrigger

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outrigger
       n : a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or
           pontoon parallel to the hull