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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 out·rig·ger /ˈaʊtˌrɪgɚ/
 舷外浮木;舷外鐵架

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 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.
 3. Aeronautics A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 outrigger
      n : a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or
          pontoon parallel to the hull