Usually means: Supportive structure extending from sides.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word outrigger:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. outrigger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outrigger: Merriam-Webster
  3. outrigger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outrigger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outrigger: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outrigger: Vocabulary.com
  7. Outrigger, outrigger: Wordnik
  8. outrigger: Wiktionary
  9. outrigger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. outrigger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. outrigger: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Outrigger, outrigger: Dictionary.com
  13. outrigger: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Outrigger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Outrigger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. outrigger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. outrigger: Rhymezone
  18. Outrigger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. outrigger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Outrigger: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. outrigger: FreeDictionary.org
  22. outrigger: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. outrigger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. outrigger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outrigger: Encyclopedia

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Outrigger: Construction Glossary
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) Any of various projecting beams or spars that provide support for a sailing ship's mast.
noun:  (nautical) A long thin timber, pontoon, or other float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts as a means of preventing tipping or capsizing.
noun:  (rowing) An outrigger canoe or boat.
noun:  (nautical) An iron bracket or brace for an oarlock projecting from the side of a rowing boat.
noun:  An extension mechanism, often retractable when not in use, on a boat, vehicle, or structure which helps to stabilize it to keep it from tipping over.
noun:  (skiing) A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing variants of para-skiing, especially those that use a sit-ski, such as the monoski.

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