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What (who) is outrigger - definition
PROJECTING STRUCTURE ON A BOAT
Outriggers
Outrigger
·noun A boat thus equipped.
II. Outrigger ·noun A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
III. Outrigger ·add. ·noun A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, ·etc.
IV. Outrigger ·noun A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
V. Outrigger ·noun 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.
outrigger
¦ noun a beam, spar, or framework projecting from or over a boat's side.
?a stabilizing float or secondary hull fixed parallel to a canoe or small ship.
?a boat fitted with such a structure.
?a similar projecting support in another structure.
Derivatives
outrigged adjective
Origin
C18: perh. influenced by the obs. naut. term outligger, in the same sense.
Outrigger boat
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![Large double-outrigger [[paraw]] in [[Palawan]], [[Philippines]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balatik, a paraw from the Tao Expedition, Philippines.jpg?width=200 "Large double-outrigger [[paraw]] in [[Palawan]], [[Philippines]]")
![The double-outrigger [[paraw]] in [[Boracay]], [[Philippines]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boracay paraw sailboats 010.jpg?width=200 "The double-outrigger [[paraw]] in [[Boracay]], [[Philippines]]")
![A [[jukung]] from [[Indonesia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Vlerkprauw met gehesen zeil op het strand TMnr 20025613.jpg?width=200 "A [[jukung]] from [[Indonesia]]")
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![Model of a [[Fiji]]an [[drua]], an example of a double-canoe [[catamaran]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fijian double canoe, model, Otago Museum, 2016-01-29.jpg?width=200 "Model of a [[Fiji]]an [[drua]], an example of a double-canoe [[catamaran]]")
![[[Hawaiki Nui Va'a i]] race in [[French Polynesia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hawaiki Nui Va'a 4.jpg?width=200 "[[Hawaiki Nui Va'a i]] race in [[French Polynesia]]")
![Samoan]] girls carrying a [[va'a]] (1891)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John LaFarge, La Farge John Girls Carrying A Canoe Vaiala In Samoa.jpg?width=200 "Samoan]] girls carrying a [[va'a]] (1891)")
![A double-outrigger canoe from the [[Philippines]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LONELY OUTRIGGER.jpg?width=200 "A double-outrigger canoe from the [[Philippines]]")
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![Outrigger canoe racing in [[Hudson River]], New York](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Outrigger paddling on Hudson jeh.jpg?width=200 "Outrigger canoe racing in [[Hudson River]], New York")
![Polynesian]] voyaging canoes](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polynesian canoe replica 1.jpg?width=200 "Polynesian]] voyaging canoes")
![The traditional [[pōpao]] of [[Tonga]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pōpao.jpg?width=200 "The traditional [[pōpao]] of [[Tonga]]")
![Austronesian]] boat (Mahdi, 1999)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Succession of forms in the development of the Austronesian boat.png?width=200 "Austronesian]] boat (Mahdi, 1999)")
![A [[tepukei]] from [[Taumako]], [[Solomon Islands]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Südseeabteilung in Ethnological Museum Berlin 11d.jpg?width=200 "A [[tepukei]] from [[Taumako]], [[Solomon Islands]]")
![wa]] from [[Yap]], [[Caroline Islands]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yap Canoe01.jpg?width=200 "wa]] from [[Yap]], [[Caroline Islands]]")
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Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. They can range from small dugout canoes to large plank-built vessels.
Wikipedia
Outrigger
An outrigger is a projecting structure on a boat, with specific meaning depending on types of vessel. Outriggers may also refer to legs on a wheeled vehicle that are folded out when it needs stabilization, for example on a crane that lifts heavy loads.
Examples of use of outrigger
1. Large waves damaged the ferry‘s bamboo outrigger, Barbers told the AP by telephone.
2. That group had reached Australia‘s northern coast in late January after sailing for five days in an outrigger.
3. The fishermen‘s motorboat had capsized on Jan. 27 after big waves and strong winds snapped the craft‘s outrigger, a coast guard report said.
4. However, those who wanted to hear her sing as she used to made their way to the Outrigger, a club she owned in Jensen Beach, Los Angeles.
5. Aanadhan and his uncle with nets and a 21–foot fiberglass outrigger to replace the gear they lost in the tsunami.