inboard: Meaning and Definition of

in•board

Pronunciation: (in'bôrd", -bōrd"), [key]
— adj.
  1. located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane: the inboard section of a wing.
  2. located inside a hull or aircraft: a motorboat with an inboard engine.
  3. (of a motorboat) having the motor inboard.
—adv.
  1. inside or toward the longitudinal axis or center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc. Cf. outboard (def. 4).
—n.
  1. an inboard motor.
  2. a boat equipped with an inboard motor.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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