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60 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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60 months ago

   wrote:

almost breathless, he had to sit on (one of) the outriggers of a banca boat lyin on the shore

My comment:

cf banca boats or Philipines boats on the web ., They are small fishing boats with one or two outrigers in order to prevent the boats from capsizing as they are flat abd narrow.

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60 months ago

   wrote:

lying and not lyin of course. sorry for the typo.

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60 months ago

CMD   wrote:

on the outriggers of ... / on the supporting beams of a bench at a fishing place

My comment:

ad “batangas” :
cf https://educalingo.com/de/dic-es/batanga ; https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batanga

ad "outrigger OR cantilever outriggers" :
An outrigger is a projecting structure on a boat, with specific meaning depending on types of vessel. Outriggers may also refer to legs on a wheeled vehicle that are folded out when it needs stabilization, for example on a crane that lifts heavy loads. ...

cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outrigger

60 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle   wrote:

You had to sit breathlessly on the batangas of a fishing bench on the shore.

My comment:

the town Batangas is in the Phillipines, not sure what it means here save it is the same word

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