: a projection with a float or a shaped log at the end attached to a boat to prevent capsizing
b
: a spar or projecting beam run out from a ship's side to help secure the masts or from a mast to extend a rope or sail
2
: a boat equipped with an outrigger
3
: a projecting member run out from a main structure to provide additional stability or to support something
especially: a projecting frame to support the elevator or tailplanes of an airplane or the rotor of a helicopter
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These outriggers exist to allow astronomers to pinpoint the source of the FRBs CHIME detects.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025 Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025 Marron was first reported missing Feb. 14 after an outrigger kayak that was broken in two was found west of the Mission Bay entrance channel, investigators said.—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Your little ones can experience local culture by jumping in outrigger canoes to see turtles, taking beachside ʻukulele lessons, digging for sand crabs, or taking a surf lesson with Rocky, the instructor, and his surfing dog.—Dyana Lederman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrigger
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