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Definition of Inboard
1. Adjective. Located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft. "The inboard flaps on the wing"
Definition of Inboard
1. a. & adv. Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
Definition of Inboard
1. Adjective. (nautical) within a ship ¹
2. Adjective. nearer the hull (as opposed to outboard) ¹
3. Noun. an engine located within the hull of a ship ¹
4. Noun. a boat with such an engine ¹
5. Verb. to discount a product to sell a service. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inboard
1. a type of boat motor [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inboard
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1. Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inboard
Literary usage of Inboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers and Screw Propellers: Their Design by Emory Edwards (1881)
"The inner end of the stern-bearings to be projected inboard about 10 inches ...
The inboard stuffing-boxes to be of cast-iron, well fitted and fastened to ..."
2. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"... a tarpaulin about twelve feet square to the lee main shrouds, after dark, and
hanging a lighted lantern on the inboard side of it. ..."
3. Direct-acting Steam Pumps by Frank Ferdinand Nickel (1915)
"On larger sizes, therefore, it is preferable to use inboard high-pressure cylinders.
... inboard ..."
4. Ancient Ships by Cecil Torr (1894)
"The rowers would consequently be seated in a rectangular structure within the
ship ; and as every rower must have been seated some way inboard to give him ..."
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