outboard motor

noun

Definition of outboard motor

: a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat

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According to HI Sutton, author of the Covert Shores web site, the ship had been stripped of its outboard motors and navigation equipment. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Colombian Drug Smugglers Built This Stealthy, Special Forces-Inspired Boat," 13 June 2017 Or, more precisely, how to propel one. Instead of an outboard motor with a propeller, the 210 uses twin inboards with jet drives. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Testing the Yamaha 210 FSH: The Boat That Blew Up the Formula," 31 Aug. 2018 Freighter-style canoes with outboard motors drifted adjacent to the dock. — Brian Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, "Turn-of-the-century sporting camp offers relaxation, fly fishing," 11 July 2018 One raised his head from the water and bit a corner of the outboard motor almost delicately. — Susan Casey, Outside Online, "Susan Casey on Seeing Her First Great White Shark," 11 July 2018 This Poseidon of prop-spinners—under a carbon-fiber cowling pinstriped with LED lightbars—is currently the world’s most powerful production outboard motor. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "Skip the Seasickness: How Boats Are Getting More Tech-Savvy," 28 June 2018 Our driver steers with a growling outboard motor through searing midday light toward Laguna del Tesoro, or Treasure Lagoon. — Shanna Baker, Smithsonian, "The Quest to Preserve the Last of Castro’s Crocodiles," 21 June 2018 Panga boats are fishing vessels that tend to be about 20 feet long and often are powered by outboard motors. — Sonali Kohli, latimes.com, "Fishing boat comes ashore at Crystal Cove; 4 men found as authorities search for other possible occupants," 19 June 2018 The project was funded by the Sport Fish Restoration Program, according to ADCNR, which is supported through excise taxes on the sale of outboard motor fuel, fishing equipment, and the sale of state fishing licenses. — Matt Zenitz, AL.com, "Alabama softball falls in both games of doubleheader," 22 Apr. 2018

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