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Outrigger   /ˈaʊtrˌɪgər/   Listen
Outrigger

noun
1.
A stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull.



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"Outrigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... bamboo—cost a quarter of a dollar, and was unbreakable—and my lines of white American cotton, strong, durable, and especially suitable for fishing on a bottom of pure white sand. My gun was carried on the outrigger platform, within easy reach, for numbers of golden plover frequented the sand banks, feeding on the serried battalions of tiny soldier crabs, and in rainy weather they were very easy to shoot. The rest of my gear consisted of twenty or thirty cartridges, a box of assorted ...
— A Memory Of The Southern Seas - 1904 • Louis Becke



Words linked to "Outrigger" :   stabiliser, stabilizer



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