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transferred. Food served at the table; daily meals provided in a lodging or boarding-house according to stipulation; the supply of daily…
Board; (the provision of) food.
Board. Obsolete exc. Historical.
U.S. The regular provision of meals to a paying customer; board (board, n. 7a) considered separately from lodging. Cf. table-boarder, n.