outboard
located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
located farther from the center, as of an aircraft: the outboard end of a wing.
(of a motorboat) having an outboard motor.
outside or away from the center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc.: The sail swung outboard.: Compare inboard.
an outboard motor.
a boat equipped with an outboard motor.
Origin of outboard
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How to use outboard in a sentence
The unit also includes its own dedicated line returns for inline interfacing with outboard gear line compressors and equalizers.
The best audio interfaces get your gear and creativity in sync | Jay Cabrera | September 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSo Isaac hunted up a belt made of pieces of cork and then was ordered to lash one of the sweeps so that it stuck well outboard.
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchA chicken coop wallowed by as the boy struggled with the knot of the painter which held the outboard.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonOnce in the outboard, it retreated to the bow where it crouched beside the chest and kept a wary eye on Val's every movement.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonFor dress, the untanned skins of the animals caught in the chase, with the hair outboard, answers all their requirements.
In Eastern Seas | J. J. Smith
And she carried an ungodly bowsprit––thirty-seven feet outboard––easily the longest bowsprit out of Gloucester.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
British Dictionary definitions for outboard
/ (ˈaʊtˌbɔːd) /
(of a boat's engine) portable, with its own propeller, and designed to be attached externally to the stern: Compare inboard (def. 1)
in a position away from, or further away from, the centre line of a vessel or aircraft, esp outside the hull or fuselage
away from the centre line of a vessel or aircraft, esp outside the hull or fuselage
an outboard motor
a boat fitted with an outboard motor
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