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outrigger

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outrigger \Out"rig`ger\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
   A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail
   planes, etc.

Outrigger \Out"rig`ger\, n.
   1. 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.

   2. (Naut.)
      (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the
          side of a boat.
      (b) A boat thus equipped.
      (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to
          prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at
          the end.

Source : WordNet®

outrigger
     n : a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or
         pontoon parallel to the hull
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