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Meanings of outrigger in English

Spanish
portante

Component of a rowing boat.

portante
Usage of outrigger in English
1
It has an outrigger; and outrigger, mast, and yard are of bamboo.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
2
Samoa will host the 2021 World long distance championship of outrigger canoeing.
Radio NZ
3
When that outrigger smashed they were a quarter of a length ahead.
Fred Fenton on the Crew; Or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport Scho...
4
The larger sort do not require what we may call the outrigger rowlocks.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
5
The framework of the outrigger, close to completion the night before, was dismantled-smashed
Storm Over Warlock
6
The outrigger was a great deal heavier than it looked.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
7
The drift would supply him with materials for an outrigger.
Storm Over Warlock
8
Single canoes are not so easily separated from their outrigger.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
9
The X-Tracer uses outrigger wheels to keep from toppling over.
Wired
10
The two outrigger canoes paddled downstream from Hamilton to Ngaruawahia.
Radio NZ
11
Attaching another horse to an outrigger, we drove unicorn, or a team of three.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
12
Stem, stern, gunwale, thwart, outrigger, mast and sail were black.
After London; Or, Wild England
13
The outrigger shot through the water; the various craft paused, surprised at such furious rowing.
Spring Days
14
It was a small canoe, about nine feet long, and it had a single outrigger.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
15
Next, in the line of breakers he made out a small canoe, an outrigger canoe.
Martin Eden
16
Then the outrigger ground up against the rocks and he was heaved over the side.
Assail
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Spanish
portante
Outrigger through the time
Outrigger across language varieties
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