What is "outriggers"

Usage examples of "outriggers".

The race was to be between the Algonquin, eight-oared boat with outriggers, rowed by young men, students of Stoughton University, and the Atalanta, also eight-oared and outrigger boat, by young ladies from the Corinna Institute.

The ground was crowded with the detritus of a seagoing folk: canoes, outriggers, and rafts had been hauled up on to the beach for the night, a dozen harpoons were stacked up against one another teepee-style, and nets, half-manufactured or half-repaired, lay heaped everywhere.

The bottoms of both outriggers had been solidly planked, to afford sitting and standing space for the outboard banks of rowers, creating what was, in effect a triple hull.

There was more space on the outriggers, but the troops were landsmen and clearly uncomfortable about being so close to the foaming sea.

If he shaded his eyes he could make out outriggers, and silhouettes made gaunt by the light off the sea: people, out on the water.