Outrigger

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A boat thus equipped.

II. Outrigger ·noun A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.

III. Outrigger ·add. ·noun A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, ·etc.

IV. Outrigger ·noun A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.

V. Outrigger ·noun 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.