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Inboard   Listen
adjective
Inboard  adj., adv.  
1.
(Naut.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard engine; an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
2.
(Mech.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.





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"Inboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... over twenty hours and his whole body ached as the last barrel bumped through the hatch. All the crew were aboard and a knot of swaying bodies turned the windlass to the rhythm of a muttered chanty. The chain creaked and rattled over the bits till the dripping anchor came out of water and was swung inboard. The mainsail and foresail went up with a bang, as a dozen stalwart ...
— The Black Buccaneer • Stephen W. Meader


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