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in·board  (nbôrd, -brd)
adj.
1. Nautical Within the hull or toward the center of a vessel.
2. Relatively close to the fuselage of an aircraft: the inboard engines.
n. Nautical
A motor attached to the inside of the hull of a boat.

inboard adv.

inboard [ˈɪnˌbɔːd]
adj
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (esp of a boat's motor or engine) situated within the hull Compare outboard [1]
2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) situated between the wing tip of an aircraft and its fuselage an inboard engine
adv
towards the centre line of or within a vessel, aircraft, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inboard - located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the inboard flaps on the wing"
outboard - located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging"
Translations
inboard [ˈɪnbɔːd] ADJ [engine] → interior
inboard (Naut)
adjInnenbord-; inboard motorInnenbordmotor m
advbinnenbords
nInnenbordmotor m
inboard [ˈɪnˌbɔːd] n (also inboard motor) → entrobordo m inv


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The jibs behind me cracked aloud, the rudder slammed to, the whole ship gave a sickening heave and shudder, and at the same moment the main-boom swung inboard, the sheet groaning in the blocks, and showed me the lee after-deck.
Somebody had to pay for the six quarts, which, multiplied by thirty, amounted to a tidy sum in the course of the month; and, since that man was Dag Daughtry, he found it necessary to pass Michael inboard on the Makambo through a starboard port-hole.
He had no time to protest, but was hove inboard and treated like "Pennsylvania.
 
 
 
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