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inboardBuilt in. Inboard devices are built into the main unit. Contrast with outboard. See onboard. inboard 1. (esp of a boat's motor or engine) situated within the hull 2. situated between the wing tip of an aircraft and its fuselage inboard [′in‚bȯrd] (engineering) Toward or close to the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The jibs behind me cracked aloud, the rudder slammed to, the whole ship gave a sickening heave and shudder, and at the same moment the main-boom swung inboard, the sheet groaning in the blocks, and showed me the lee after-deck. Somebody had to pay for the six quarts, which, multiplied by thirty, amounted to a tidy sum in the course of the month; and, since that man was Dag Daughtry, he found it necessary to pass Michael inboard on the Makambo through a starboard port-hole. He had no time to protest, but was hove inboard and treated like "Pennsylvania. |
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