Meaning

6 senses
  1. Any of various projecting beams or spars that provide support for a sailing ship's mast.

    Ausleger

  2. 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.

    аутригерautriger

  3. An outrigger canoe or boat.

    Auslegerboot

    аутригер-каноэautriger-kanoe

  4. An iron bracket or brace for an oarlock projecting from the side of a rowing boat.

    Ausleger

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

More definitions
  • a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
(nautical) a float or pontoon:
(nautical) an outrigger canoe:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(nautical) a projecting structure on a boat:
(nautical) an outrigger canoe:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: outriggers

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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