outrigger

outrigger
[1] A device with retractable mechanical legs used to stabilize equipment such as cranes, ditch diggers, etc., while working.
[2] A short angle or box section member that runs across part of the car. On cars with separate frames, outriggers are used to link the main chassis or the longitudinal members with the sill or running board area. An outrigger is far shorter and often of a smaller section than a crossmember

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  • outrigger — [ autrigɶr ] n. m. • 1854; mot angl. , de out « en dehors » et to rig « armer » ♦ Sport Embarcation légère à rames, destinée aux courses. Dans les outriggers, les avirons prennent appui sur des montures métalliques débordantes. ⇒OUTRIGGER, subst …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • outrigger — out rig ger, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outrigger — ► NOUN 1) a spar or framework projecting from or over a boat s side. 2) a stabilizing float fixed parallel to a canoe or small ship. 3) a boat fitted with an outrigger …   English terms dictionary

  • Outrigger — est un terme de marine venant de l anglais out (extérieur) et rig (gréement). Le terme français équivalent est : bout dehors C est une pièce fixe ou amovible du gréement d une embarcation qui dépasse de la coque dont l appellation générique… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Outrigger — (engl., spr. aut ), Auflagegestell außerhalb des Dollbords für Bootsriemen bei Skiffs und Outriggerbooten; vgl. Rudersport …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Outrigger — (spr. aut ), Ausleger (s.d.); Ruderboot, bei dem die Rudergabeln auf Gestellen angebracht sind, die weit abstehend von der Bootswand an dem Dollbord befestigt sind …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 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 Du. uitlegger, lit. out lyer …   Etymology dictionary

  • outrigger — [out′rig΄ər] n. 1. any temporary support extending out from a main structure 2. a) any of a variety of frameworks extended beyond the rail of a ship for various purposes b) a brace holding an oarlock out from the side of a boat, to give the rower …   English World dictionary

  • Outrigger — For hotels and resorts company, see Outrigger Hotels Resorts. Outrigger on a contemporary Hawaiian sailing canoe An outrigger is a part of a boat s rigging which is rigid and extends beyond the side or gunwale of a boat. In an outrigger canoe and …   Wikipedia

  • outrigger — UK [ˈaʊtˌrɪɡə(r)] / US [ˈaʊtˌrɪɡər] noun [countable] Word forms outrigger : singular outrigger plural outriggers something that sticks out from the side of a boat and helps it to float …   English dictionary

  • outrigger — noun Date: 1742 1. a. 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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