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outrigger

UK/ˈaʊtˌɹɪɡə/US/ˈaʊtˌɹɪɡɚ/

noun

What it means

  1. nauticalAny of various projecting beams or spars that provide support for a sailing ship's mast.
  2. nauticalA 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.

    The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.

    2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN
  3. hobbiesAn outrigger canoe or boat.

In a sentence

The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.

2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN

Where it comes from

Modification of earlier outligger after rig (“to fit out”); equivalent to out- + ligger.

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