slovo | definícia |
outrigger (encz) | outrigger,krakorec n: Zdeněk Brož |
outrigger (encz) | outrigger,vahadlo n: [tech.] Zdeněk Brož |
outrigger (gcide) | 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, extended from the
side of a boat.
(b) A boat thus equipped.
(c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to
prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at
the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger
canoe.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the
elevator or tail planes, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
outrigger (wn) | outrigger
n 1: a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or
float parallel to the hull |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
outrigger canoe (encz) | outrigger canoe, n: |
outrigger canoe (wn) | outrigger canoe
n 1: a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to
prevent it from upsetting |
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