Outrigger

['aʊtrɪgə] or ['aʊt'rɪgɚ]

Definition

(noun.) a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull.

Editor: Lyle--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.

(n.) A boat thus equipped.

(n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.

Inputed by Carmela

Definition

n. a projecting spar for extending sails or any part of the rigging: a projecting contrivance ending in a float fixed to the side of a canoe against capsizing: an iron bracket fixed to the outside of a boat carrying a rowlock at its extremity to increase the leverage of the oar: a light racing-boat with projecting rowlocks.

Typed by Elroy