outboard

out·board

outside the hull or bulwarks of, or toward the side of, a ship or boat
away from or farther from the hull or fuselage of an aircraft
outside the main body of a spacecraft

outboard motor
a boat with an outboard motor

outboard

adjective

Nautical
a. Situated or positioned outside the hull of a vessel.
b. Being in a position that is away from the center line of the hull of a ship.
Situated or positioned toward or nearer the end of a wing of an aircraft.

noun

An outboard motor.
A boat with an outboard motor.

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out′board′
adverb

outboard

Adjective

(not comparable)

Situated outside the hull of a vessel.
Positioned away from the centre line of a ship or aircraft.

Noun

(plural outboards)

An outboard motor.
A vessel fitted with an outboard motor.
A studio having outboard gear (compressor, equalizer, etc.).

outboard - Computer Definition

Not built in. Outboard devices are external to the main unit. Contrast with inboard. See offboard.

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Sentence Examples

In it the draw-bar, connected through a spring to the frame of the car, had at its outboard end a socket into which one end of a solid link was inserted and secured by a pin.
The essential change from the link and pin to the automatic coupler is in the outboard end or head of the draw-bar.

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