outboard motor

American  

noun

1. a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.

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Etymology

Origin of outboard motor

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

We lowered ourselves carefully inside, Mr. Dovlo irritably rolling up his wet pant legs, and moved out onto the lake yet again, my head throbbing to the drone of the outboard motor.

From Literature

People were crowded around the outboard motor, which had briefly stalled but was being restarted.

From BBC

The family was aboard the Pangaboat, a small boat with an outboard motor, along with several other people when it capsized at Del Mar Beach.

From Los Angeles Times

The package included an inflatable dinghy with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets.

From BBC

For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel.

From BBC