half-boardn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌbɔrd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., board n.

Etymology: < half adj. + board n. With sense 1 compare full board n. 1.

1. The provision of accommodation which includes an evening (or occasionally lunchtime) meal in addition to breakfast, formerly typically in rented lodgings but now more usually in a hotel. Also: the provision of meals but not accommodation by a boarding school or (formerly) an employer. Cf. full board n. 1.

ΘΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > types of arrangement

full board1787

bed and breakfast1910

B & B1918

self-catering1957

1775 Daily Advertiser 19 Sept. (advt.) Lodgings wanted by a single Gentleman..in some peaceable, agreeable, reputable Family... If Half-Board in a Family Way could be had at the same Place the more agreeable.

1847 New Orleans Literary & Sci. Misc. Dec. (advt.) The monthly price for Half-Board is fifteen dollars... The half-boarders dine with the boarders, but take their other meals and lodge at home.

1890 E. P. Robins tr. F. Coppée Disillusion ii. 31 Some..prefer..to give their sons half board, with an abundant and healthy meal at noon-time.

1908 6th Biennial Rep. Board Control State Inst. Iowa 72 (table) Night watchman, with half board.

1980 S. M. Haggart & D. Porter Eng. & Scotl. for $20 Day xvi. 471 Mrs. Andrews, the owner, cooks very Scottish breakfasts and dinners, so it's advisable to stay here on the half-board arrangement.

2015 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 June a12/6 His hotel on the island of Kos..is now offering half-board as opposed to just breakfast, allowing him to include a meal in the room rate.

2. Nautical. A manoeuvre enabling a sailing vessel to progress in a windward direction, in which the vessel is steered into the wind and allowed to continue until it ceases to make headway, and then turned away until it has regained speed, a process which may be repeated as required. Cf. board n. 15. Now rare.

1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 53 They..have a practice of running up in the wind till the headway ceases, then they fill again upon the same tack, this they call making a half board.

1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover II. ii. 49 Luff her short into the wind, and try a half-board.

1863 S. B. Luce Seamanship (ed. 2) 484 In a tideway the half-board is of great use.

1911 H. Collingwood Overdue xvii. 177 Some of these stretches were so short that Gurney believed the Mercury could be carried through them by making a half-board.

1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Jan. 44/1 The technique of going to weather by half boards is a matter of sailing full and by, fore reaching into the wind.., and then bearing away on the original tack.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-board
释义	half-boardn. Brit. /ˈhɑːfbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌbɔrd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., board n. Etymology: < half adj. + board n. With sense 1 compare full board n. 1. 1. The provision of accommodation which includes an evening (or occasionally lunchtime) meal in addition to breakfast, formerly typically in rented lodgings but now more usually in a hotel. Also: the provision of meals but not accommodation by a boarding school or (formerly) an employer. Cf. full board n. 1. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > types of arrangement full board1787 bed and breakfast1910 B & B1918 self-catering1957 1775 Daily Advertiser 19 Sept. (advt.) Lodgings wanted by a single Gentleman..in some peaceable, agreeable, reputable Family... If Half-Board in a Family Way could be had at the same Place the more agreeable. 1847 New Orleans Literary & Sci. Misc. Dec. (advt.) The monthly price for Half-Board is fifteen dollars... The half-boarders dine with the boarders, but take their other meals and lodge at home. 1890 E. P. Robins tr. F. Coppée Disillusion ii. 31 Some..prefer..to give their sons half board, with an abundant and healthy meal at noon-time. 1908 6th Biennial Rep. Board Control State Inst. Iowa 72 (table) Night watchman, with half board. 1980 S. M. Haggart & D. Porter Eng. & Scotl. for $20 Day xvi. 471 Mrs. Andrews, the owner, cooks very Scottish breakfasts and dinners, so it's advisable to stay here on the half-board arrangement. 2015 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 June a12/6 His hotel on the island of Kos..is now offering half-board as opposed to just breakfast, allowing him to include a meal in the room rate. 2. Nautical. A manoeuvre enabling a sailing vessel to progress in a windward direction, in which the vessel is steered into the wind and allowed to continue until it ceases to make headway, and then turned away until it has regained speed, a process which may be repeated as required. Cf. board n. 15. Now rare. Π 1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 53 They..have a practice of running up in the wind till the headway ceases, then they fill again upon the same tack, this they call making a half board. 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover II. ii. 49 Luff her short into the wind, and try a half-board. 1863 S. B. Luce Seamanship (ed. 2) 484 In a tideway the half-board is of great use. 1911 H. Collingwood Overdue xvii. 177 Some of these stretches were so short that Gurney believed the Mercury could be carried through them by making a half-board. 1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Jan. 44/1 The technique of going to weather by half boards is a matter of sailing full and by, fore reaching into the wind.., and then bearing away on the original tack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-board half-board n. an evolution by which a sailing vessel is luffed up into the wind with everything shaking, and then, before she has quite lost way, permitted to fall off on the same tack: see board n. 15. ΚΠ 1863 S. B. Luce Seamanship (ed. 2) 484 In a tideway the half-board is of great use. extracted from half-comb. form < n.1775 as lemmas
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