| | Definition: | | \In"board`\, a. & adv.
1. (Naut.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull;
the opposite of outboard; as, 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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