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Extremely tired, moor our boat badly, having portable engine
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outboard motor
Word definitions for outboard motor in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: outboard ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All he needs is an outboard motor to go with it. ▪ Foot steering of the outboard motor means that military users can keep both hands free to use weapons. ▪ He has asked us to buy him an outboard motor instead of giving cash. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats , consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive , designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom . They are the most common motorized method of propelling ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A detachable and pivotable propulsion unit fitted over the transom of a boat, comprising an engine that drives a propeller.
Usage examples of outboard motor.
The young agent had been working as he talked, checking the outboard motor, checking the connections to the gasoline tank, and pumping pressure into it.
He glanced at Giordino and caught the white blur of his friend's face and the slow nod as he stood poised to start the outboard motor.
His hands reached out and touched the fuel tank of the inflatable boat's outboard motor.
He climbed into the cockpit, swung the outboard motor down on its hinges and pulled at the starter rope.
Thomas Hudson heard the humming of the outboard motor, and looked across the bight at the dinghy coming out of the sunset.
Unarmed, wounded, and just plain worn out, he could only stand there helplessly as an outboard motor coughed into life.
Surely Lilah would have come out on the porch when she heard the outboard motor, if she was there.
In the distance he could hear the droning of an outboard motor: the Rescue Squad was getting close.
Skink leaned back, propping his shoulders against the plastic cowling of the outboard motor.
Next to the shelves what was evidently an outboard motor stood on a wooden stand, a tarp thrown over it like a hood.
Half-way between the Shangri~la and the shore I started up the outboard motor and made back towards the Shangri-la.
There's the big yellow inflatable behind you in the stern with a good outboard motor.
There were a couple of ship's boats on either side at the stem suspended in davits and an inflatable in yellow plastic with an outboard motor.
The only objects that seemed out of place were the upper cabin of a sailboat mounted on a rubber raft and a bathtub with an outboard motor mounted on one end.