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out⋅board

[out-bawrd, -bohrd]
–adjective
1. located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
2. located farther from the center, as of an aircraft: the outboard end of a wing.
3. (of a motorboat) having an outboard motor.
–adverb
4. outside or away from the center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc.: The sail swung outboard. Compare inboard.
–noun
5. an outboard motor.
6. a boat equipped with an outboard motor.

Origin:
1815–25; out- + board
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out·board   (out'bôrd', -bōrd')   
adj.  
  1. Nautical

    1. Situated or positioned outside the hull of a vessel.

    2. Being in a position that is away from the center line of the hull of a ship.

  2. Situated or positioned toward or nearer the end of a wing of an aircraft.

n.  
  1. An outboard motor.

  2. A boat with an outboard motor.

out'board' adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outboard 
1823, "situated on the outside of a ship," from out + board (2). In ref. to motors, attested from 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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