spec. A bracket with a rowlock at the end that is fixed to the side of a rowing boat to increase the leverage of the oar. Also: a light boat…
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing > fitted with outriggers (3) outrigger1845 spec. A bracket with a rowlock at the end that is fixed to the side of a rowing boat to increase the leverage of the oar. Also: a light boat… outrigger skiff1854 Used with the names of kinds of boat with the sense ‘fitted with an outrigger or outriggers (in various senses)’, as outrigger canoe, outrigger skiff… rigger1881 Rowing. A bracket with a rowlock at the end that is fixed to the side of a rowing boat to increase the leverage of the oar; = outrigger, n. 3b. |
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