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.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TO.HTM

  2. outrigger
    [n] - a stabilizer for a canoe
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=outrigger

  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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. 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.
    Found op http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/glossaryo.shtml

  5. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/45

  6. Outrigger
    Out'rig`ger noun (Aëronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/45

  7. outrigger
    noun a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=outrigger



  1. 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...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/outrigger/

  2. 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 ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outrigger

  3. 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.
    Found op http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm

  4. 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.
    Found op http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStructures/JOIST%20AND%20STRUCTURAL%20GLO

  5. 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...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sports/A0837123.html

  6. outrigger
    A stabilising float attached to one or both sides of a narrow hull.
    Found op http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-terms.html

  7. Outrigger
    A structure which extends outboard to suspend lines or nets over the water or small secondary hull.
    Found op http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_glossary.html

  8. outrigger
    1) A stabilizer for a canoe 2) Stabiliser 3) Stabilizer
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/outrigger/1

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