outboard adj 1: located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" [ant: {inboard}] n 1: a motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: {outboard motorboat}, {outboard}] 2: internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: {outboard motor}, {outboard}]
Outboard \Out"board`\, a. & adv. (Naut.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to {inboard}; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard. [1913 Webster]