outboard motor

noun

1. a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outboard motor¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The package included an inflatable dinghy with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets.

From BBC

For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel.

From BBC

On a recent day, the island’s Indigenous residents rowed or sputtered off with outboard motors to fish.

From Seattle Times

They departed on Easter Sunday for Pikelot Atoll, about 115 miles away, in a traditional 20-foot skiff with an outboard motor, the Coast Guard added.

From BBC

Most fishing ships do not carry skiffs, which are small boats with outboard motors that enable crew transfers by traversing the water between bigger vessels.

From Los Angeles Times