outrigger

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts to improve stability

   The outrigger kept the narrow canoe steady in the breaking waves.

2. 2
   noun

   a projecting beam, frame, or support extending from the side of a vessel, vehicle, crane, or building

   The crew extended the crane's outrigger before lifting the load.

3. 3
   noun

   an outrigger canoe or similar boat fitted with a stabilizing float

   They crossed the lagoon in a small sailing outrigger.

Common collocations

• outrigger canoe Noun + noun

A modification of earlier outligger under the influence of rig, formed from out- + ligger, 'something that lies or projects outward.' The nautical support sense broadened to stabilizing structures on cranes, vehicles, and buildings.

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