单词 | outrigger |
释义 | outriggern. 1. A float or pontoon, together with its securing struts, fixed to a canoe or other small boat, parallel to and at some distance from it, to increase stability. Also: a canoe fitted with such a device (see also Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > device to increase stability > outrigger outligger1697 fargood1726 outrigger1748 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 341 The frame is intended to ballance the proa, and..is usually called an outrigger. 1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 174 They are about ten feet long, and about a foot broad, and have an outrigger on each side, to prevent their over-setting. 1838 E. A. Poe Narr. Arthur Gordon Pym xxii. 174 We saw some sixty or seventy rafts, or flatboats, with outriggers. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xi. 349 They use canoes..fitted with an outrigger. 1976 B. Greenhill Archaeol. of Boat ii. viii. 143 The outrigger, which is braced by four booms lashed to the gunwales of the canoe, makes the basic dugout more stable and hence more seaworthy. 1988 L. Blair Ring of Fire (BNC) 44 They..practised a sophisticated form of navigation, and ranged over the entire Pacific in ocean-going outriggers. 2. Nautical. A spar or structure projecting from the outside of a ship or boat, or attached to a mast of a sailing ship, intended to create a point of leverage or suspension; spec. †(a) a strong beam passed through the portholes of a ship, used to secure the masts and counteract the strain in the act of careening (obsolete); †(b) a spar to haul out a sheet (obsolete); †(c) a small spar to thrust out and spread the breast-backstays (obsolete); †(d) the cathead of a ship (obsolete); (e) a boom which may be swung out from the main body of a ship, in order to lower a boat, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > any framework on side of ship outrigger1768 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > repair of ships > careening ship for repair > beam to relieve strain of outrigger1768 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spreader for shrouds > for breast-backstays outligger1731 outrigger1768 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar to haul out sheet outrigger1858 1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 19 July in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 232 We had an outrigger to keep our boates Clear of the Ship's side. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Out-rigger, a strong beam of timber, of which there are several fixed on the side of a ship, and projecting from it, in order to secure the masts in the act of careening. Out-rigger is also a small boom, occasionally used in the tops to thrust out the breast-back-stays to windward, in order to increase their tension, and thereby give additional security to the top-mast. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Entennes The props, or out-riggers, fixed on the side of a sheer-hulk, to support the sheers. 1858 in Admiral Hornby's Biogr. (1896) vi. 61 I have fitted two splendid outriggers of the fore- and main-top-gallant-masts, and if I can get some new royals shall do well. 1873 Q. Rev. 121 Torpedoes have now been made available for ocean warfare..being carried into action either on an outrigger stretching ahead of a ship or towed abreast of the ship. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1582/1 Outrigger, the cat-head. 1937 Beaver June 29/2 Bill had a nice little jack (small fishing schooner, in this case with outriggers on the quarters instead of booms). 1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 98/1 (advt.) 12 boats all fitted with outriggers, small cabins and comfortable seats. 3. a. Any of various supports or structures extending out from the main body of a vehicle, piece of machinery, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > frame or chassis > sub-frame outrigger1794 subframe1866 under-frame1903 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > body > plank or rail > to increase capacity cart-staff1297 thripple14.. rathe1459 summer1510 cart-ladder?1523 rail1530 rave1530 shelboard1569 wain-flakes1570 load-pina1642 shelvingsa1642 cop1679 float1686 lade1686 outrigger1794 shelvement1808 sideboard1814 heck1825 hay-rigging1855 floating rail1892 society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > parts of crane-line1466 ram's head1611 crane-wheel1669 ram-head1686 gibbet1730 calliper1765 jib1765 outrigger1835 clutch1874 crab1874 gabbard1952 spreader1957 lifting beam1963 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 69 The waggons..seldom use any overlays or outriggers, either at the ends or sides. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 51 The steam or impelling pulleys, frequently called riggers (outriggers? as they stand out from the side of the machine, like outrigger-sails in a ship) by engineers. 1863 Q. Rev. 114 311 Another platform was inserted under the lantern, and tied to the lower platform by a chain inside the tower and straps of iron outside, and great shores from the outriggers of the lower platform completed the cradle in which the building was supported. 1944 J. H. Bennetts in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder i. 31 (caption) Painters' boat scaffold hung from outriggers anchored to specially prepared lugs on roof flat. 1976 Eastern Evening News (Norwich) 9 Dec. 17/6 (advt.) Triumph Herald, 1966, M.O.T.'d, new clutch, starter, sills, outriggers, not rot. 1999 F1 Racing Nov. 19/2 Barge boards..are the large aerodynamic aids that run alongside the cockpit and are attached to the monocoque via outriggers. b. 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 fitted with such structures (see also Compounds 2). Cf. rigger n.1 4.Outriggers were apparently introduced on the Tyne between 1830 and 1840; an outrigger boat was built for the Cambridge crew for the University boat race of 1845, but not used until the next year, when both crews rowed in outriggers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing > fitted with outriggers outrigger1845 outrigger skiff1854 rigger1881 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > rowlock > bracket for extending from side of boat outrigger1845 1845 Illustr. London News 29 Mar. 205/2 New Boat [for Cambridge crew]..She is an outrigger, built on the same principle as the boat brought from Newcastle by the Claspers, and used at the Thames Regatta. 1845 Vice-Chancellor's Regulations Boats Oxf. 3 Dec. All skiffs or boats constructed for less than four oars of which the rowlocks are projected from the sides by means of outriggers (commonly called Clasper-built boats). 1871 F. J. Furnivall Trial Forewords 98 (note) Mr. Beasley of St. John's will recollect our spending the leisure of a Long Vacation at Cambridge—was it 1845?—in building a pair of outriggers..the first really narrow ones ever built. 1900 W. E. Sherwood Oxf. Rowing 97 The early outriggers were all clinker-built, and..were first made with outriggers to fold into the boat, for convenience in packing. 1955 L. E. Jones Victorian Boyhood iii. 226 I learned, paradoxically, through sheer length of hours spent in a fixed-seat outrigger, to be one with my boat. 1988 Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. They were closing the gap when they caught a crab and stopped altogether... In addition, the stroke's outrigger was damaged in the accident. c. Aeronautics. A supporting structure that projects outwards from the main part of an aircraft or spacecraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > projecting supporting structure outrigger1906 pylon1955 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > other parts of spacecraft meteor bumper1951 meteoroid bumper1964 outrigger1969 1906 A. Samuelson Flight-velocity i. 12 Near the wing root an outrigger or boom..is fastened. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 20/2 In the pusher..the controlling surfaces are carried on an open frame (‘outriggers’) in front, at the rear, or in both positions. 1969 Times 3 June (Moon Suppl.) p. iii/7 The clusters were mounted on outriggers 90° apart on the ascent stage. 1986 Flypast Aug. 18/1 On the SM-2 the undercarriage was wide track, supported through outriggers to the wing struts and fuselage. 4. An extension of the splinter bar of a carriage which permits a second horse to be harnessed outside the shafts. Hence: an extra horse running outside the shafts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree > arrangement for second or third horse outrigger1807 treble-tree1877 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > team of > horse outside shafts or in traces tracer1839 outrigger1844 trace-horse1844 chain horse1876 outrunner1897 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > articulated lorry > trailer or types of trailer > parts of trailer landing gear1911 outrigger1981 1807 R. Wilson Diary 19 Oct. in Life (1862) II. viii. 373 A foreigner in a gig with one outrigger and a servant would race with me. 1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico II. 279 Sometimes a second horse is attached as an outrigger, and has a pretty effect. 1863 Harper's Mag. May 795/1 The shafts..have also in the Russian style ‘outriggers’, running from the ends of the fore axles. 1902 E. L. Brandreth MS Let. 2 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Mr. G. L. Elsmie..late Judge of the High Court of the Panjāb tells me that he has known the word outrigger applied to the contrivance for the horse of the tongā. 1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 11/3 The extra horses were placed on the outside of the two yoke horses, these outriggers being fastened to the chariot by a single trace. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxxii, in New Monthly Mag. Jan. 111 It generally drew the picked men from each, to say nothing of outriggers and chance customers. Compounds C1. Appositive, as outrigger hoist, outrigger sail, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > others polancre1356 spindle1398 wrest1584 handscrew?1660 sea-crab1689 lewis1743 crab1753 wheel and axle (also axis)1773 tippler1831 fall1834 outrigger hoist1835 lewisson1842 power hoist1869 tipper1870 lifting screw1885 powerlifter1909 bucket chain1911 bracket-crab- society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > frame or chassis > sub-frame outrigger1835 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 51 They stand out from the side of the machine, like outrigger-sails in a ship. 1878 Sci. Amer. 38 223/1 (Improved Hoisting Machinery)..In the outrigger hoist..the advantages are that two pinion gears are employed, gearing into two large gears. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 131 The other side [of the catamaran] is taken up by an outrigger keel about 7 feet off, attached to the boat by two long-arched, spider-like arms. 1923 W. C. Smith Short Hist. Irish Sea Herring Fisheries 1–15 His boats were carvel-built, half-decked, smack-rigged, and with an outrigger sail abaft. 1959 Motor 22 Apr. 425/1 To this main backbone, outrigger members are extended to the full width of the centre section of the body. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 148 I haul my sail and lean to leeward without taking the time and trouble to go ashore and inflate my outrigger sponsons. C2. 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, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing > fitted with outriggers outrigger1845 outrigger skiff1854 rigger1881 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) vi. 53 The former occupied his outrigger skiff. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 293 The famous six-oar outrigger boat of Harvard College. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 238 The grandfathers of the blacks of Hinchinbrook Island..have been popularly credited with the art of making out-rigger canoes. 1974 ‘M. Allen’ Super Tour (1975) ix. 322 The [Fijian] natives..rode in outrigger canoes. 2002 National Geographic July 69 (caption) Coral reefs of the Calamian islands in Palawan sustain fishermen in outrigger bancas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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