outrigger canoe

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Noun1.outrigger canoe - a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsettingoutrigger canoe - a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting
canoe - small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
outrigger - a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
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Next, in the line of breakers he made out a small canoe, an outrigger canoe. In the stern he saw a young bronzed god in scarlet hip-cloth dipping a flashing paddle.
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Aborigines, in queer outrigger canoes, and Japanese, in queerer sampans, paddled about the bay and came aboard.
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Growing up in Nanakuli, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, Van Gieson was told story after story about his father--a legendary outrigger canoe paddler.
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