outboard motor

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of outboard motor¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Mirroring powers in the Terrorism Act 2000, the proposed new law would criminalise "precursor" offences - allowing officials to punish people for legal acts linked to illegal migration, like selling dinghies or outboard motors.

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

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

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