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outboard, a., adv. Naut., exc. in 3.|ˈaʊtbɔəd|
[f. out- 12 + board n. Cf. inboard.]
A. adj.
1. a. Situated on the outside of a ship.
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Outboard (Mar.), an epithet for whatever is without the ship. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 135 Outboard, on the outside of the ship, as ‘the outboard works’. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. (ed. 2) 266 The outboard plane may be made of mess tables.
b. Outward from the median line of a ship.
1893Westm. Gaz. 31 May 6/2 An obstruction had lodged in her outboard pipe. 1895Century Mag. Aug. 597/1 Two passageways..connected the bow and stern 10-inch guns, on the outboard side of each being officers' quarters, etc.
2. Of a motor: attached to the outside of a boat, at the stern; also of a motor-boat propelled by such an engine. Also ellipt. as n., such a motor or boat. Hence outboard motor-boating, outboard-motoring, outboard-motorist(e).
1909National Sportsman Mar. 488/1 (Advt.), Make a motor boat of any boat in 5 minutes..with the Waterman Outboard Motors. 1914Yachting Monthly XVI. 408 The demand for the outboard motor steadily increases. 1926S. Lewis Mantrap i. 14 When we don't use the out-board motor, they [sc. the Indians] do the paddling, not us. 1928Daily Express 21 Apr. 10/3 The racing ‘outboard’ boat has given us a fascinating pastime. 1928Daily Tel. 10 July 17/5 Miss Joan Spicer..is one of the best-known of ‘outboard-motoristes’. 1928Daily Mail 25 July 17/4 The new pastime of outboard motor-boating. 1928Ibid. 7 Aug. 19/6 One of the big appeals of outboard motoring is the ease with which the boat and engine can be handled. 1935Discovery Mar. 77/1 The journey will be made in the semi-decked whale boat which will be fitted with a ‘Seagull’ outboard engine. Ibid. Aug. 225/1 There are four outboards, with a speed of twenty-five knots. 1943J. W. Day Farming Adventure iii. 41 In peace-time you would find..the creek noisy with outboards. 1959P. Capon Amongst those Missing 165 It's probably a canoe with an outboard motor. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xxi. 214 There's a man looking after the outboard I came in. 1973J. Leasor Host of Extras v. 66 The roar of an outboard engine splintered my dreams. 1974State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 8 Mar. 4-B/1 (Advt.), Meet the 1974 Mercs. The most advanced outboards in boating. 1977Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 19/7 The water was like glass as the Royal barge came in, chased by..outboards.
3. (See quot. 1956.)
1928V. W. Pagé Mod. Aircraft vii. 267 The parasitic resistance..can be greatly reduced by properly stream⁓lining the engine supports, especially those of the outboard engines as properly housing the engine mounted in the fuselage offers no particular difficulty. 1956W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 365/1 Outboard. Of aircraft components: Out toward an airfoil tip; away from the fuselage or hull... Outboard engine, on an airplane having four or more engines, an engine farthest from the fuselage or hull.
B. adv.
a. In a direction out from the ship's side, or laterally away from the centre of a ship.
1836–48B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes 55 note, A strap by which the oar was fastened to the rowlock to prevent its slipping out-board. 1848J. F. Cooper Capt. Spike (Flügel) A window which opened in-board, or toward the deck, and not out-board, or toward the sea.
b. Of position: Outside a ship or boat; nearer to the outside than something else.
1869E. J. Reed Ship-build. xv. 279 The length outboard is 8 feet 6 inches, and that inboard about 3 feet. 1875Stonehenge Brit. Sports 640 The oar or scull..is always a little heavier outboard than inboard. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 154 Which end of the shackle is outboard?
For ‘Naut., exc. in 3.’ read ‘orig. and chiefly Naut.’ and add: [B.] c. transf. To the outside of something; on the far side or away from the centre. U.S. colloq.
1935Pippard & Pritchard Aeroplane Struct. (ed. 2) xii. 238 A bob weight..should be placed as far outboard of any wing support as possible. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 110 She found being deftly pinned outboard of one breast this big cerise..badge. 1973― Gravity's Rainbow i. 61 The needle slips without pain into the vein just outboard of the hollow in the crook of his elbow. 1986N.Y. Post 9 July 9 The route would follow..‘outboard’ along the West Street roadbed. |