boxer engine

English

The boxer engine was first patented by German engineer Karl Benz in 1896.

Noun

boxer engine (plural boxer engines)

(automotive) An engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.

Translations

horizontally opposed engine

Dutch: boxermotor (nl) m
Finnish: vastaiskumoottori (fi), bokserimoottori (fi), bokseri (fi)
German: Boxermotor (de) m
Italian: boxer (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: boksermotor m, boxermotor m

Nynorsk: boxermotor m
Swedish: boxermotor (sv) c

See also

OPOC (“opposed piston, opposed cylinder”)

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