inboard

[ in-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈɪnˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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adjective

located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane: the inboard section of a wing.

located inside a hull or aircraft: a motorboat with an inboard engine.

(of a motorboat) having the motor inboard.

adverb

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

noun

an inboard motor.

a boat equipped with an inboard motor.

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Origin of inboard

First recorded in 1840–50; originally phrase in board

Words nearby inboard

inbeing, in-between, in-betweener, in between times, in black and white, inboard, inboard-outboard, inbond, in-bond shop, inborn, inbound

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How to use inboard in a sentence

Rather than one or two inboard electric motors powering its wheels, the R1T has four hub-mounted motors that power each wheel individually.
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They glanced backward, where another wall of foaming water seemed to be curling over the stern, as if about to drop inboard.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Fixed to the tumbler inboard there is a small bar which fits into a socket attached to the covering board.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
The youth, with no great spirit nor heartiness in his movements, did as directed, and the boom came inboard.
The Rival Campers Afloat|Ruel Perley Smith

The schooner washed her nose in a curving billow that came inboard and swept aft.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
In a few minutes a little more spray flew inboard, and some of it striking Bertha on the head ran down her shoulders.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for inboard

inboard

/ (ˈɪnˌbɔːd) /

adjective

(esp of a boat's motor or engine) situated within the hullCompare outboard (def. 1)

situated between the wing tip of an aircraft and its fuselagean inboard engine

adverb

towards the centre line of or within a vessel, aircraft, etc

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