Look up: outrigger

1. Outrigger
   A outrigger is the horizontal tubes projecting from the face of a building to which are attached the pulley blocks from which a cradle is suspended.
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2. outrigger
   [n] - a stabilizer for a canoe
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3. outrigger
   a projecting member run out at an angle from the sides of a portable mast or a land crane to the ground to provide stability and to minimize the possibility of having the mast or the crane overturn.
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4. outrigger
   Strong boom to spread the fishing gear.The outrigger is usually fastened to the mast and extends out from the sides of the vessel towing two or more trawls by means of ways passing through blocks at the ends of the outrigger. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries...
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5. Outrigger
   An extension of a rafter beyond the wall line. Usually a smaller member nailed to a larger rafter to form a cornice or roof overhang.
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6. Outrigger
   Out'rig`ger noun 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. (Nautical) (a) A projecting support ...
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7. Outrigger
   Out'rig`ger noun (Aëronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.
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8. outrigger
   noun a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
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9. Outrigger
   • (n.) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc. • (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. • (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for tempora...
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10. Outrigger
    - An extension of a rafter beyond the wall line. Usually a smaller member nailed to a larger rafter to form a cornice or roof overhang.
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11. Outrigger
    A structural member which is usually perpendicular to a joist and attaches under the outstanding leg of one of the joist top chord angles. It then bears on a beam or wall and cantilevers across, similar to a top chord extension.
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12. outrigger
    outrigger, canoe-type vessel with a wood or bamboo float attached to the side of the craft and extending out over the water. The term outrigger also refers to the float itself. The craft is used throughout the South Pacific, although its greatest development has probably come in Sri Lanka, where tra...
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13. outrigger
    A stabilising float attached to one or both sides of a narrow hull.
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14. Outrigger
    An `outrigger` is a part of a boat`s rigging which is rigid and extends beyond the side or gunwale of a boat. In an outrigger canoe and in sailboats such as the proa, an outrigger is a thin, long, solid, hull used to stabilise an inherently unstable main hull. The outrigger is positioned rigidly and...
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