outrigger
pronunciation
How to pronounce outrigger in British English:
UK [ˈaʊtrɪgə(r)]
How to pronounce outrigger in American English:
US [ˈaʊtˌrɪɡɚ]
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- Noun:
- a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or pontoon parallel to the hull
Word Origin
- outrigger (n.)
- device used in Pacific and Indian oceans to stabilize canoes, 1748, altered (by influence of rig) from outligger (late 15c.) "a spar projecting from a vessel," probably from the same root as Dutch uitlegger, literally "out-lyer."
Example
- 1. Outrigger , something fell down the vent .
- 2. She 's a decoy . Outrigger , check the papers .
- 3. The island , where aborigines once came in outrigger canoes to gather food , is now off-limits to most visitors to protect the nesting wildlife .
- 4. The island where aborigines once came in outrigger canoes to gather food is now off-limits to most visitors to protect the nesting wildlife .
- 5. The pacific archipelagos of fiji and tonga have for centuries been connected by trade and kinship : tongan princes sailed westwards in outrigger canoes to seek fortune in fiji , while fijians provided spouses for the tongan nobility .