Definitions for outrigger

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outrigger out·rig·ger

Spelling: [out-rig-er]

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌrɪg ər/

Outrigger is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in outrigger (eggiorrtu).

Definitions for outrigger

noun

1. a framework extended outboard from the side of a boat, especially, as in South Pacific canoes, supporting a float that gives stability.
2. a bracket extending outward from the side of a racing shell, to support an oarlock.
3. the shell itself.
4. a spar rigged out from a ship's rail or the like, as for extending a sail.
5. a long, flexible rod, attached to a fishing boat near the stern, along which a fishing line may be threaded to keep it clear of the boat's wake when trolling.
6. a structure extending outward from a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft to increase stability or provide support for something.
7. a projecting beam, as for supporting a hoisting tackle.
8. a horizontal steel beam extending the base of a crane.

Origin of outrigger

First recorded in 1740-50; out- + rig + -er¹

Examples for outrigger

Of the two canoes, one is smaller than the other, and the smaller serves by way of an outrigger.

This was rigged to run from the spritsail-yard to an outrigger aft.

It has an outrigger; and outrigger, mast, and yard are of bamboo.

It is necessary that the outrigger should always be on the windward side.

I could not get into an outrigger after seeing the great sculler.

The larger sort do not require what we may call the outrigger rowlocks.

When that outrigger smashed they were a quarter of a length ahead.

Single canoes are not so easily separated from their outrigger.

About seventy outrigger boats of all sizes lie on the beach.

Had the nerve to say we fouled his boat, and broke that outrigger, Lossing.