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Meanings of outboard in English

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Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat.

Spanish
barco fueraborda

A motorboat with an outboard motor.

barco fueraborda
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Examples for "outboard motorboat"
Examples for "outboard motorboat"
1
I'd say he's got an outboard motorboat, and gas for it, and he's gone fishing.
On the Beach
2
He had his outboard motorboat.
On the Beach
3
When Dwight came he said, Outboard motorboat ahead, sir.
On the Beach

Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft.

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Usage of outboard in English
1
They heard the outboard engine surge as the dinghy reached clearer water.
The coldest blood
2
There's something outboard, to my left-movementopposite the motion of the hull.
Hull zero three
3
They ultimately had to use an outboard motor to keep on schedule.
Wired
4
This plank end starting outboard was evidently where the water came in.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
5
From the river she could hear the sound of an outboard motor.
The blood spilt
6
He swung himself outboard and went down the tackle hand under hand.
Out of the Primitive
7
The outboard had reached Pier Eleven, and was slowing to a stop.
Raging Heat
8
Go back to the boat with the outboard to check on Del.
Wild Thing
9
The boats were on their hooks, swung outboard ready for instant use.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
10
But Benjafield dropped the outboard and they pulled away at low speed.
Aspho Fields
11
He looks around, hunkered-kneesbent and feet lifted, actually, slowly falling outboard.
Hull zero three
12
The aged outboard motor is chugging bravely, if not all that impressively.
The Irish Times
13
The rest can hang on outboard and hope for the best.
Aspho Fields
14
And he told of an outboard engine sinking in deep water.
The Irish Times
15
As quickly as they arrive, they leave, puttering away on antiquated outboard engines.
The South African
16
I slipped around to the outboard side of the deck house.
Man on the run
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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