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. ] |