Word Study
inboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
inboard, a. & adv.
- Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of
outboard ; as, an inboard engine; an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard. [1913 Webster] - From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
inboard, adv. & adj.
--adv. within the sides of or towards the centre of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
--adj. situated inboard.
--adv. within the sides of or towards the centre of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
--adj. situated inboard.
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