[syn: outboard motor, outboard]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft;
- Example: "the outboard section of a wing"
- Example: "outboard rigging"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outboard \Out"board`\, a. & adv. (Naut.)
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or
hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; --
opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits
outboard.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outboard
adj 1: located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft;
"the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging"
[ant: inboard]
n 1: a motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: outboard
motorboat, outboard]
2: internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat
[syn: outboard motor, outboard]