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inboard

[ in-bawrd, -bohrd ]

adjective

  1. located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane:

    the inboard section of a wing.

  2. located inside a hull or aircraft:

    a motorboat with an inboard engine.

  3. (of a motorboat) having the motor inboard.


adverb

  1. inside or toward the longitudinal axis or center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc. Compare outboard ( def 4 ).

noun

  1. an inboard motor.
  2. a boat equipped with an inboard motor.

inboard

/ ˈɪnˌbɔːd /

adjective

  1. (esp of a boat's motor or engine) situated within the hull Compare outboard
  2. situated between the wing tip of an aircraft and its fuselage

    an inboard engine

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. towards the centre line of or within a vessel, aircraft, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inboard1

First recorded in 1840–50; originally phrase in board
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Example Sentences

Rather than one or two inboard electric motors powering its wheels, the R1T has four hub-mounted motors that power each wheel individually.

They glanced backward, where another wall of foaming water seemed to be curling over the stern, as if about to drop inboard.

Fixed to the tumbler inboard there is a small bar which fits into a socket attached to the covering board.

The youth, with no great spirit nor heartiness in his movements, did as directed, and the boom came inboard.

The schooner washed her nose in a curving billow that came inboard and swept aft.

In a few minutes a little more spray flew inboard, and some of it striking Bertha on the head ran down her shoulders.

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