aboardadv.prep.

Brit.

/əˈbɔːd/, U.S.

/əˈbɔrd/

Forms: Middle English a borde, Middle English aburdde, Middle English–1600s a bord, Middle English–1600s abord, Middle English–1600s aborde, 1500s abode, 1500s abrode, 1500s–1600s aboorde, 1500s–1600s (1900s– Irish English) aboord, 1500s– aboard, 1600s aboarde, 1600s a boord, 1600s abourd, 1600s abroad, 1700s abbord; Scottish pre-1700 aboird, pre-1700 a boord, pre-1700 aboorde, pre-1700 aborde, pre-1700 abuird, pre-1700 aburd, pre-1700 aburde, pre-1700 1700s– aboard, pre-1700 1800s aboord, 1800s abaird (Ayrshire).

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: a prep.¹, board n.; French a bord.

Etymology: Probably partly < a prep.¹ + board n., and partly < Middle French a bord on a ship (1393 or earlier; French à bord ; compare bord à bord (of two ships) with sides touching (c1310 in Old French), very close together (16th cent.)) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + bord side of a ship, edge (see board n.).With sense A. 1 compare on board at board n. 12c. With sense A. 2 compare on board at board n. 14a.

A. adv.

I. In nautical and related senses. Frequently (esp. with reference to a ship) with of, forming a compound preposition.

a. Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore); (also) very close, colliding. Frequently modified by hard, close. See also board on board at board n. 12d.to lay, fall aboard, etc.: see the verbs.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adverb] > close to side of ship

aboarda1393

along-board1548

alongside1704

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1138 (MED) This grete Schip on Anker rod; The Lord cam forth, and whan he sih That other ligge abord so nyh, He wondreth what it myhte be.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvii The Turkes..ordeyned .iiii. Barges or suche lyke vessayles. And in y^e night sodaynly brought them a bord where y^e Cristen host lay.

1513 in A. Spont Lett. & Papers War France (1897) 147 As sone as he was aborde of Pryer Johns galye, he le[ped] oute of his owne galye unto the fore castell of Pryer Johns galye.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A storme, let vs lie at Trie with our maine course, that is, to hale the tacke aboord, the sheat close aft..and the helme tied close aboord.

1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre 27 After they had..once runne their Gallies up close aboard one of another, they could not..be easily gotten asunder again.

1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World viii. 238 In the Night, it being dark, and we not keeping the Coast of New Guinea so close aboard as we should, we missed the common Passage.

1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Apr. (1967) III. i. 335 I was very desirous of keeping the Coast aboard.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 16 Why, are you blind?..steer large, You'll get aboard of that coal barge.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 257 At the same moment, without giving any audible direction to his crew, he ran the galley aboard of us.

1881 Daily Tel. Jan. 28 The proximity of the coast which the education of his skipper obliges him, if possible, to keep close aboard.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 95 On the towpath by the lock a slacktethered horse. Aboard of the Bugabu.

1969 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float (1976) x. 116 We now decided to run straight toward the horn and, when we had it close aboard, swing north.

1996 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 7 Sept. 10 b On our way in through Hussey Gut, a large gull perched atop the solar panels on the Soldier's Ledge buoy peered at us while we passed it close aboard on our port side.

b. In extended use: equal (in score). Now rare (Irish English).

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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [adverb] > equal with

aboard1740

1740 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) at Aboard In..sports and games, this phrase signifies, that the person or side in the game that was either none, or but few, has now got to be as many as the other.

1903 S. MacManus Lad of O'Friels xviii. 206 Aboord at First Set!

a. Within the boards or sides of (a ship); on board.

(a) With reference to position. On or in a ship or other waterborne vessel; †at or on the side of a ship (obsolete).In quot. 1796 figurative (cf. sense A. 3a).

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society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > on a ship

aboarda1450

a-shipboard1605

a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 77 In that schyp..Her men aborde [c1450 BL Add. appon þe borde] gunne to stande, And sesyd that other with her honde.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. iii^v There is great nomber that fayne wold be aborde..our Shyp can holde no more.

1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 11 And soo..saved our selves and the noble shippe also..which all they marryners aborde thoughte coolde not possybelly but have beene brocken in sunder.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 87^v The men aboord that see them come Preparde them selues to fight.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 18 Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboord .

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 171 Then I my fellows bad aboard to stay And guard the ships.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 40 We had got a great deal of Water and Wood aboard.

1745 Observ. conc. Navy 64 Every Ship should have her standing Masts constantly in and rigg'd, with her Booms and Stores aboard.

1796 G. Brewer Bannian Day i. ii. 10 Batch. But I say, Jack, wo'nt you have a drop of my grog? Jack. I have just been aboard of it, I thank you.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xvii. 171 Now all is done. Stores, beeves, and flocks, and water all aboard.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xxi. 286 Our only danger will be from drug or pill; more by token, as there is a lot of apothecary's stuff aboard.

1909 Chatterbox 203/2 We were near a ford, and he was reminded of what he had seen aboard.

1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor xviii. 307 There's a boat somewhere. See that everybody is aboard.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 May iii. 18/4 Make certain that the chief safety item, the personal flotation device..is not only aboard, but also in working order.

(b) With reference to motion. On to or into a ship; (also) †to the side of a ship (obsolete).to haul the tacks aboard and variants: see tack n.¹ 5a.

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society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > onto or into a ship

aboard1458

1458 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 522 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Paid to Robert Howghe for brynggyng our menne a borde be fore the Lorde of Warwykes persone.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jonah i. 3 He payde his fare, and wente aborde.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1472/2 They were al bestowed abourd in Spanish shippes.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. lvi. 1148 h C. Lucretius..himself went abourd unto a trireme galley.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 55 Yet here Leartes? aboord, aboord, for shame, The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxi. 2 And finding a ship sailing ouer vnto Phenicea, wee went abroad [sic], and set foorth.

1664 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) 67 Having sold our salt, and caught about 130 kentals of fish..we took aboard our trade and sailed for Torbay.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 216 He came aboard of my Ship.

1769 G. Whitefield Let. 5 Sept. in Wks. (1771) III. 392 Although I could not write to you whilst ashore, yet I must drop you a few lines now I am come aboard.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 269 Then heave aboard your grapple airn.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. lvii. 184 The Syracusans got aboard, and rowed close along-shore.

1887 Times 29 Aug. 4/5 The moment the gang-planks are fixed a crowd of stevedores rush aboard.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Oct. 1/5 Seas 120 feet high, towering sixty feet above the ship's flying bridge, swept aboard.

1966 D. Sutherland Against Wind ii. ix. 151 Then, as the net is hoisted aboard and loosened, the whole deck is covered in a slippery deluge of wildly-flapping haddock and skate, gurnets and flounders.

1979 E. L. Doctorow Loon Lake i. 9 I saw the stevedores taking aboard their steamer trunks and wicker hatboxes.

1990 Lifeboat (RNLI) Spring 230/3 The inflatable was brought alongside the lifeboat so that the three men could be pulled aboard.

b. Originally U.S. On or on to a train, aircraft, or other vehicle. Cf. on board at board n. 14a.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adverb]

aboard1840

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adverb] > on or into a train

aboard1840

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adverb] > on or into an aircraft

aboard1976

1840 tr. Voltaire in Knickerbocker Mag. Aug. 130 They went from moon to moon. A comet was passing close by the last one; they jumped aboard, with their domestics and their instruments.

1849 Ladies' Repository Dec. 375/2 They took to their heels, with their baskets on their arms, and catching us jumped aboard.

1856 M. J. Holmes 'Lena Rivers iv. 33 She..told him that ‘the trunks..were every one on 'em left!’ ‘No, they are not..I saw them aboard myself.’

1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 112 Our coach will lock on when..the clerks are aboard.

1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years i. 7 When the..train..rattled up to the..station..the McAdoo family..climbed aboard.

1960 C. Hooper Brief Authority 209 The police herding prisoners aboard with shouts of ‘Kwela! get on!’

1976 Daily Tel. 30 June 1/4 An advance on the 83 originally presumed to be aboard.

1985 C. Yeager & L. Janos Yeager (1986) 165 The Machmeter aboard only registered to 1.0 Mach.

1995 C. Bateman Cycle of Violence xv When they finally released the Cycle of Violence they wheeled it out onto the Main Street and climbed aboard, one standing up to turn the pedals, the other doubling onto the seat.

c. On a horse; on horseback.

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1863 Punch 23 May 215/2 Lord Bateman is a noble lord, a noble lord of high degree, and has embarked his tin aboard a horse the which Trojanus it is he.

1883 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang through Texas v. 63 At one o'clock we were all aboard.

1945 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 12/1 A touchy chestnut colt with an abo. aboard.

1983 Times 3 Sept. 16/4 The colt..disappointed his trainer..when working with Pat Eddery aboard after racing at Kempton Park yesterday.

2000 Canberra Sunday Times 11 June 82/5 After yesterday's impressive win with apprentice Dale Smith aboard, Hutchins declared that Sir Boom was back to his best.

a. slang. In or into one's body through drinking or eating. Cf. board n. 14d.

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1815 Bell's Weekly Messenger 13 Aug. 262/2 Jack was now in a perfect state of sobriety and expressed the greatest contrition for what he had done amiss, which he said was all owing to the grog he had taken aboard.

1821 J. Howison Sketches Upper Canada xvi. 294 I never feel so spry as when I've got a good raft of tea aboard of me.

1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch Bk. 2nd Ser. II. 71 Twasn't the frigate, nor yet any three-decked ship in the sarvus, as could hold him, once poor Bill had his beer aboard.

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Aug. 15/1 ‘R.H.’..must have had snakejuice aboard when he saw the piebald rats.

1942 W. L. White They were Expendable 7 I'd..put aboard the thickest charcoal-broiled filet mignon I could buy there.

2007 K. M. Fallon Paydirt 128 We always got too much drink aboard but after what he did to Bubs we got really stuck in.

b. Baseball. On base.

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1931 Philadelphia Rec. 9 Sept. 11/2 (heading) Dib Williams smacks four-bagger with one aboard in second inning to put game on ice.

1989 G. Keillor We are still Married 291 The jerk came up to bat looking grim and manly and got aboard with a bloop grounder down the third-base line.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. c12/6 He was aboard for the homers by Grissom and Alfonzo.

c. figurative. In or into an organization or effort; (also) in or into agreement with a policy or decision.welcome aboard: see welcome int. 1d.

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1936 J. P. Marquand Thank You, Mr Moto i. 7 Mr Montgomery..shook hands with me. ‘Glad to see you aboard, Tom,’ he said.

1957 Economist 7 Dec. 867/2 The objective expert inquiry..was swamped..when the advocates of easy money climbed aboard.

1991 Insight 4 Feb. 10/3 If you take out too little, you don't get Desert Storm over fast enough to keep the coalition together and the American public aboard.

1997 O. Yohannes U.S. & Horn of Afr. 172 Efforts were made to bring Congress aboard, for its approval was crucial to the rearming of Ethiopia.

2001 Premiere Oct. 57/2 When..[he] came aboard as director,..the film's tone changed.

†II. Other uses.

4. Probably: abroad, adrift. (Only in Spenser.) Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb]

aboard1591

inconnexedly1646

irrelatively1659

adrift1690

unrelatively1738

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 324 They were in doubt, and flatly set abord.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints sig. R4 The foord..with his tumbling streames doth beare aboord The ploughmans hope.

B. prep.

I. In nautical and related senses.

1. Alongside, by the side of; (also) very close to, colliding with. †Also with the ship's commander as object (obsolete). See also to fall aboard 1b at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > on the side of [preposition] > along or by the side of

alongeOE

alongstc1180

besidesc1200

besidec1275

aboard1449

longs1488

sidelong1577

aside?1615

alongside1704

1449 R. Wenyngton in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 69 I cam a-bord the Admirall and bade them stryke in the Kyngys name..and they bade me go skyte in the Kyngys name.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xlv^v We..laye amoste harde abrode, the grete vggly rokkes.

1595 J. Davis Worldes Hydrogr. Discription sig. B8^v Howe could I haue..yet founde the same Nauigable and free from yse not onely in the middest of the chanell, but also close aborde the estern shore by me named Desolation?

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 29^v Vail'd with nights robe, they stalke the shore aboord.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 134 They came hard aboard the shore.

1677 London Gaz. mccxxxvi. 4 The Channel close aboard the Main at Winterton-ness.

1698 T. Bowrey in R. C. Temple Papers (1927) 40 They [sc. sixty men-of-war] lie encompassed with Piles close aboard each other.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Sea-Gate, when two Ships are aboard one another by means of a Wave or Billow: The Sea-men say, They lie aboard one another in a Sea-Gate.

1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) i. 187/2 They fell aboard a Swedish line of battle ship.

1848 J. F. Cooper Jack Tier II. ii. 55 ‘These trades are almost as good as compasses,’ he said, ‘and the rocks are better, if we can keep close aboard them without going on to them.’

1869 Times 27 Sept. 8/3 The fog now suddenly lifting disclosed the Helicon again true to her trust, close aboard the Agincourt.

1952 J. N. Rentz Marines Central Solomons ii. 41 When the APD's hove into range at 0703, bedlam broke loose; shells from a Japanese 3-inch gun on Tetemara Point began bursting close aboard the slow-moving American craft.

1992 Technol. & Culture 33 672 The ships tried to disable each other, often by rowing close aboard an enemy vessel and breaking off its oars.

a. Within the boards or sides of; on board of. aboard ship: aboard a ship, on board.

(a) With reference to motion: on to or into (a ship or other waterborne vessel).

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society > travel > travel by water > [preposition] > onto or into (a ship)

aboard1466

1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 383 (MED) My mastyr paid fore botes to set them a bord the barge.

1481 J. Balsall Purser's Acct. in Camden Misc. (1969) XXIII. 15 Item that y John Balsall delyvered..to the Master x Rs a bord the schep.

1545 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 137 Suche goodes wares or merchandises which is [laden] into any suche lyghter or lyghters to thintent to cary the same..from land aborde any shyppe.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 8 After that he came aboord shyp, saluting the Admiral & his company.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 82 Aboord my Gally, I inuite you all.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 1 Sent some of my men abord her.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 354 All the Prisoners were put Aboard the Bark, except about 30 Lascaris.

1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 95 The heavy artillery landed for the siege was return'd aboard the ships.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 55 I then, putting my basket aboard a little skiff, sailed out about four miles from the shore.

1878 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xxiv. 429 Don't think I want to get aboard your ship.

1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xii. 182 The tents that Anderssen had smuggled aboard the small boat.

1969 G. Baxt ‘I!’ said Demon vii. 78 Miss Kahane's voice had the piercing texture of a bosun's whistle piping the admiral aboard ship.

1996 Vermont Life Autumn 2/1 Step aboard the sidewheel steamboat Ticonderoga, a National Historic Landmark.

(b) With reference to position: on or in (a ship).

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1566 in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yks. (1872) 93 Munition or ordinaunce..abord his shipp,..one saker, 2 quarter slings.

1566 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 205 Mor for meate they dide eate aborde Ralfe halle [sc. a ship's captain].

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya (1867) 121 Aboorde the Michaell were sixteene persons.

1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 47 We made but a short breakfast aboord the Galley in the morning.

1607 Capt. Keeling in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 79 I envited Captain Hawkins to a ffishe dinner, and had Hamlet acted abord me.

1674 J. Dryden et al. Notes Empress of Morocco 23 Sure the Poet wrote these two Lines aboard some smack in a storm.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 59 Just that Day Twelvemonth you left me Aboard Ship at Gravesend.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 356 The trouble of Hinsch and Labée, who had been aboard the Ship,..and took great Care of the Salvage.

1768 J. Banks Let. 1 Dec. (2000) 7 Three weeks have I staid aboard the ship regardless of every inconvenience of her being heeld down.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xvii. 176 Is he aboard the fleet?

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. v. 89 She were a lean thing as ever you saw, when she went for t' see her husband aboard t' vessel.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 42 Aboard ship the captain told us that he had plied for years between Ceylon and London.

1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy iii. 249/2 Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs was killed aboard the Victory.

2006 Big Issue Christmas 57/2 For the first three years that I was in Antigua I lived aboard a 30-foot catermaran.

b. Originally U.S. In extended use: on, on to, or into (a train, bus, aircraft, etc.).

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > on or into a vehicle [preposition]

aboard1752

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [preposition] > in or into a train

aboard1850

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [preposition] > aboard an aircraft

aboard1972

1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland II. v. iii. 140 I had not power to fire at him while I was aboard the Coach.

1850 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 25 Oct. The depot, which he reached just in time to jump aboard the train as it departed.

1855 Knickerbocker 45 561 I..put myself ‘a-board’ the six-o'clock Train.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 109 We..stepped..aboard the train.

1898 Argosy Aug. 36 A few minutes afterwards he was aboard a cable car.

1925 Amer. Mercury May 67/1 That miracle, the ‘service car’, whose chauffeur will drive you two or three miles, tote your heavy bags aboard the local, and smile gratefully when he receives his two bits.

1936 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Apr. 20/2 A red-bellied black went up with the last sheaf of hay aboard the dray.

1941 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 45 308 Its purpose is to present..a continuous flow of information as to the fuel reserve remaining aboard the aircraft.

1972 L. B. Johnson Vantage Point iii. 53 The next day..Mrs. Johnson and I left Washington aboard a Presidential jet.

1985 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 21 Jan. 134/3 Why not preserve the fixture used to initially transport the satellite aboard the shuttle?

1988 Yankee June 90/2 She told how she had been taken aboard an alien spacecraft.

1993 Eastern Synod Lutheran Oct. 7/4 If we..would not climb aboard the bandwagon of every fashionable social advocacy issue.

c. On (a horse).

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1886 Mag. Amer. Hist. Dec. 531 Three bushels of corn and myself would be placed aboard a horse.

1946 Outdoor Life Oct. 7/1 (advt.) You can hit the trail aboard a cayuse.

1966 P. St. Pierre Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse 164 So one day Smith..climbed aboard that quarter horse and bucked him out in the usual way.

2004 Eventing Oct. 6/1 Blyth first sprung to prominence..when securing team and individual gold at the 1990 World Championships in Stockholm aboard Messiah.

†II. Other uses.

3. Probably: abroad, across the breadth or surface of. (Only in Spenser.) Obsolete.

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1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2 Nor yron bands abord The Pontick sea by their huge Nauy cast.

Phrases

P1. all aboard!

a. A call warning passengers to board a ship that is about to depart. Also used (chiefly U.S.) with reference to trains, buses, and other vehicles.

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1704 M. Pix Violenta 96 His better fate o'er-rul'd that working Sea, And for a Wind, the waiting Pilgirms lay: Now the general Cry was, All aboard, Just as the Men arriv'd, and found their Lord.

1819 W. Crafts Sea Serpent iii. ii. 31 Quick then all aboard! With nets! harpoons! and ammunition stored.

1871 P. T. Barnum Struggles & Triumphs 363 I should have expected..to have seen him dressed in a pea jacket, blowing off steam, and crying out ‘all aboard that's going’.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 251 All aboard for Yosemite and the Big Trees.

1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xxxi. 297 He and his bride boarded the train, and the conductor announced, ‘All aboard’.

1991 National Geographic Traveler Nov. 70/1 Then you will hear a distant ‘All aboooard’! and with mighty chuffs it seems to rattle away.

b. In extended use, as an encouragement or signal to set off on a course, start a task, etc.

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society > travel > travel by water > [interjection] > warning to board ship

all aboard!1838

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 76 He..gave himself a gentle impulse, crying ‘All aboard!’ and slid slowly but majestically down.

1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) 148 ‘Head them [sc. cattle] off, boys!’ our leader shouted; ‘all aboard! hark away!’ and..away we all went at a hand-gallop.

c1890 D. McK. Wright in A. E. Woodhouse N.Z. Farm & Station Verse (1950) 33 All aboard! all aboard! is the cry They're a ripping lot of shearers in the shed.

1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush viii. 122 Then comes the..signal to commence work [sc. shearing]—the stentorian cry of ‘All Aboard’.

1928 A. E. Andrews C. C. Andrews: Recoll. 1829–1922 169 At dusk a non-commissioned officer of the guard would call out ‘All aboard’, and upstairs we promptly would go.

1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i. ii. 41 We'll kick off on the leppers. All aboard for the Donegal Hunt.

1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) xi. 145 An exercise bicycle. ‘All aboard!’ shouted Roald.

1996 Smash Hits 27 Mar. 57/2 All aboard for train noises, dubby house sounds, clangin' bells and housin' beats.

P2. to take aboard: to incorporate, adopt, or assimilate; to take on. Cf. to take on board at board n. 14e.

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1899 T. Mackay Hist. Eng. Poor Law III. i. iv. 99 The pilot who weathered the storm was compelled to take aboard six hundred millions of debt by way of ballast.

1949 Musical Q. 35 220 It was inevitable..that in taking aboard the string tactics from their source much of the esthetic embarked too.

1974 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word 86 The Principal agreed to take the child aboard.

1997 Guardian 28 May 21/8 Evidence..that the reform and deregulation messages have been fully taken aboard.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 20/3 Covent Garden has jettisoned its faithful, long-serving production of Arabella and taken aboard a glitzy travesty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	aboard
释义	aboardv. Brit. /əˈbɔːd/, U.S. /əˈbɔrd/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s aborde, 1500s aboord, 1500s abourd, 1600s abboord, 1600s abbord, 1600s 1800s– aboard, 1700s– abord. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aborder. Etymology: < Middle French, French aborder to strike a boat before attacking or boarding it (1306 in Old French), to attack (1st half of the 14th cent.), to board (16th cent.), to approach (a place) (a1650), to address (mid 16th cent.) < a- (see a- prefix⁵) + bord side of a ship, edge (see board n.). Compare earlier aboard adv. and also aboard prep. With the semantic development compare also accost v.Compare Spanish abordar (1521), Italian abbordare to assail a boat (1563), to land (1577), to approach a person (a1700), both < French. Now rare. 1. transitive. To approach, draw near to; to enter, set foot on; to land on; to board. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > draw near to nighlOE anigha1400 aboard1458 close1523 near1570 anear1577 appropinque1663 1458 J. Jernyngan in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 340 Then come they and aborded þe schippe þat I was in; and there I was taken and was presoner. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxxvi. 190 And the ryall shyppe yclypped perfytnes They dyde a borde. 1515 A. Barclay tr. B. Spagnuoli Life St. George (1955) 73 My sowle abordeth the hauyn of paradyse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 415 I aborde: as one shyppe doth another, Jaborde. I aborde a shyppe, Je aborde. 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 5 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres That an enemie may bee the more troubled to abourd the Fort. 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 38 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres Approched, aborded, and surprised. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 12 An vnwonted ill I see aboording me. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Confiner, to abboord, adioyn, lye neere vnto. 1651 L. Willan Astræa ii. iv. 38 (stage direct.) She aboards Lycidas who Walks in a discontented posture. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 206 The first Spaniards, that aborded America. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. iv. 101 But come, you will aboard with us to-day, at any rate? 1860 Narragansett III. ii. 35 They..aborded Prudence about the middle of its length. 1937 in G. P. Rawick Amer. Slave (1977) I. 330 I and the African aboarded a little skiff and went cross the East Paspagola (Pascagoula) and West Paspagola Bay. 1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun iii. 50 Visions of me on the night of a solar eclipse aboarding the mothership taking my last glimpse from this deluded earth. 2. transitive. To address; to accost. In later use archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > approach and speak to to venture on (also uponc1528 boarda1547 accost1567 affront1598 to make way1609 aboard1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aborder, to approach, accoast, abboord. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) vi. 74 To abbord, either with question, familiarity, or scorn. 1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 5 Clerio, meeting Vincia in the Garden, thus aboarded her [etc.]. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Professor ii. 176 He..aborded the two ladies with easy eloquence. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth viii. 141 ‘A push is it?’ Mrs Hurstpierpoint aborded her with a smile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aboardadv.prep. Brit. /əˈbɔːd/, U.S. /əˈbɔrd/ Forms: Middle English a borde, Middle English aburdde, Middle English–1600s a bord, Middle English–1600s abord, Middle English–1600s aborde, 1500s abode, 1500s abrode, 1500s–1600s aboorde, 1500s–1600s (1900s– Irish English) aboord, 1500s– aboard, 1600s aboarde, 1600s a boord, 1600s abourd, 1600s abroad, 1700s abbord; Scottish pre-1700 aboird, pre-1700 a boord, pre-1700 aboorde, pre-1700 aborde, pre-1700 abuird, pre-1700 aburd, pre-1700 aburde, pre-1700 1700s– aboard, pre-1700 1800s aboord, 1800s abaird (Ayrshire). Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: a prep.¹, board n.; French a bord. Etymology: Probably partly < a prep.¹ + board n., and partly < Middle French a bord on a ship (1393 or earlier; French à bord ; compare bord à bord (of two ships) with sides touching (c1310 in Old French), very close together (16th cent.)) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + bord side of a ship, edge (see board n.).With sense A. 1 compare on board at board n. 12c. With sense A. 2 compare on board at board n. 14a. A. adv. I. In nautical and related senses. Frequently (esp. with reference to a ship) with of, forming a compound preposition. 1. a. Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore); (also) very close, colliding. Frequently modified by hard, close. See also board on board at board n. 12d.to lay, fall aboard, etc.: see the verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adverb] > close to side of ship aboarda1393 along-board1548 alongside1704 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1138 (MED) This grete Schip on Anker rod; The Lord cam forth, and whan he sih That other ligge abord so nyh, He wondreth what it myhte be. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvii The Turkes..ordeyned .iiii. Barges or suche lyke vessayles. And in y^e night sodaynly brought them a bord where y^e Cristen host lay. 1513 in A. Spont Lett. & Papers War France (1897) 147 As sone as he was aborde of Pryer Johns galye, he le[ped] oute of his owne galye unto the fore castell of Pryer Johns galye. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A storme, let vs lie at Trie with our maine course, that is, to hale the tacke aboord, the sheat close aft..and the helme tied close aboord. 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre 27 After they had..once runne their Gallies up close aboard one of another, they could not..be easily gotten asunder again. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World viii. 238 In the Night, it being dark, and we not keeping the Coast of New Guinea so close aboard as we should, we missed the common Passage. 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Apr. (1967) III. i. 335 I was very desirous of keeping the Coast aboard. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 16 Why, are you blind?..steer large, You'll get aboard of that coal barge. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 257 At the same moment, without giving any audible direction to his crew, he ran the galley aboard of us. 1881 Daily Tel. Jan. 28 The proximity of the coast which the education of his skipper obliges him, if possible, to keep close aboard. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 95 On the towpath by the lock a slacktethered horse. Aboard of the Bugabu. 1969 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float (1976) x. 116 We now decided to run straight toward the horn and, when we had it close aboard, swing north. 1996 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 7 Sept. 10 b On our way in through Hussey Gut, a large gull perched atop the solar panels on the Soldier's Ledge buoy peered at us while we passed it close aboard on our port side. b. In extended use: equal (in score). Now rare (Irish English). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [adverb] > equal with aboard1740 1740 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) at Aboard In..sports and games, this phrase signifies, that the person or side in the game that was either none, or but few, has now got to be as many as the other. 1903 S. MacManus Lad of O'Friels xviii. 206 Aboord at First Set! 2. a. Within the boards or sides of (a ship); on board. (a) With reference to position. On or in a ship or other waterborne vessel; †at or on the side of a ship (obsolete).In quot. 1796 figurative (cf. sense A. 3a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > on a ship aboarda1450 a-shipboard1605 a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 77 In that schyp..Her men aborde [c1450 BL Add. appon þe borde] gunne to stande, And sesyd that other with her honde. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. iii^v There is great nomber that fayne wold be aborde..our Shyp can holde no more. 1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 11 And soo..saved our selves and the noble shippe also..which all they marryners aborde thoughte coolde not possybelly but have beene brocken in sunder. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 87^v The men aboord that see them come Preparde them selues to fight. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 18 Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboord . View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 171 Then I my fellows bad aboard to stay And guard the ships. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 40 We had got a great deal of Water and Wood aboard. 1745 Observ. conc. Navy 64 Every Ship should have her standing Masts constantly in and rigg'd, with her Booms and Stores aboard. 1796 G. Brewer Bannian Day i. ii. 10 Batch. But I say, Jack, wo'nt you have a drop of my grog? Jack. I have just been aboard of it, I thank you. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xvii. 171 Now all is done. Stores, beeves, and flocks, and water all aboard. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xxi. 286 Our only danger will be from drug or pill; more by token, as there is a lot of apothecary's stuff aboard. 1909 Chatterbox 203/2 We were near a ford, and he was reminded of what he had seen aboard. 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor xviii. 307 There's a boat somewhere. See that everybody is aboard. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 May iii. 18/4 Make certain that the chief safety item, the personal flotation device..is not only aboard, but also in working order. (b) With reference to motion. On to or into a ship; (also) †to the side of a ship (obsolete).to haul the tacks aboard and variants: see tack n.¹ 5a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > onto or into a ship aboard1458 1458 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 522 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Paid to Robert Howghe for brynggyng our menne a borde be fore the Lorde of Warwykes persone. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jonah i. 3 He payde his fare, and wente aborde. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1472/2 They were al bestowed abourd in Spanish shippes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. lvi. 1148 h C. Lucretius..himself went abourd unto a trireme galley. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 55 Yet here Leartes? aboord, aboord, for shame, The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxi. 2 And finding a ship sailing ouer vnto Phenicea, wee went abroad [sic], and set foorth. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) 67 Having sold our salt, and caught about 130 kentals of fish..we took aboard our trade and sailed for Torbay. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 216 He came aboard of my Ship. 1769 G. Whitefield Let. 5 Sept. in Wks. (1771) III. 392 Although I could not write to you whilst ashore, yet I must drop you a few lines now I am come aboard. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 269 Then heave aboard your grapple airn. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. lvii. 184 The Syracusans got aboard, and rowed close along-shore. 1887 Times 29 Aug. 4/5 The moment the gang-planks are fixed a crowd of stevedores rush aboard. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Oct. 1/5 Seas 120 feet high, towering sixty feet above the ship's flying bridge, swept aboard. 1966 D. Sutherland Against Wind ii. ix. 151 Then, as the net is hoisted aboard and loosened, the whole deck is covered in a slippery deluge of wildly-flapping haddock and skate, gurnets and flounders. 1979 E. L. Doctorow Loon Lake i. 9 I saw the stevedores taking aboard their steamer trunks and wicker hatboxes. 1990 Lifeboat (RNLI) Spring 230/3 The inflatable was brought alongside the lifeboat so that the three men could be pulled aboard. b. Originally U.S. On or on to a train, aircraft, or other vehicle. Cf. on board at board n. 14a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adverb] aboard1840 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adverb] > on or into a train aboard1840 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adverb] > on or into an aircraft aboard1976 1840 tr. Voltaire in Knickerbocker Mag. Aug. 130 They went from moon to moon. A comet was passing close by the last one; they jumped aboard, with their domestics and their instruments. 1849 Ladies' Repository Dec. 375/2 They took to their heels, with their baskets on their arms, and catching us jumped aboard. 1856 M. J. Holmes 'Lena Rivers iv. 33 She..told him that ‘the trunks..were every one on 'em left!’ ‘No, they are not..I saw them aboard myself.’ 1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 112 Our coach will lock on when..the clerks are aboard. 1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years i. 7 When the..train..rattled up to the..station..the McAdoo family..climbed aboard. 1960 C. Hooper Brief Authority 209 The police herding prisoners aboard with shouts of ‘Kwela! get on!’ 1976 Daily Tel. 30 June 1/4 An advance on the 83 originally presumed to be aboard. 1985 C. Yeager & L. Janos Yeager (1986) 165 The Machmeter aboard only registered to 1.0 Mach. 1995 C. Bateman Cycle of Violence xv When they finally released the Cycle of Violence they wheeled it out onto the Main Street and climbed aboard, one standing up to turn the pedals, the other doubling onto the seat. c. On a horse; on horseback. ΚΠ 1863 Punch 23 May 215/2 Lord Bateman is a noble lord, a noble lord of high degree, and has embarked his tin aboard a horse the which Trojanus it is he. 1883 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang through Texas v. 63 At one o'clock we were all aboard. 1945 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 12/1 A touchy chestnut colt with an abo. aboard. 1983 Times 3 Sept. 16/4 The colt..disappointed his trainer..when working with Pat Eddery aboard after racing at Kempton Park yesterday. 2000 Canberra Sunday Times 11 June 82/5 After yesterday's impressive win with apprentice Dale Smith aboard, Hutchins declared that Sir Boom was back to his best. 3. a. slang. In or into one's body through drinking or eating. Cf. board n. 14d. ΚΠ 1815 Bell's Weekly Messenger 13 Aug. 262/2 Jack was now in a perfect state of sobriety and expressed the greatest contrition for what he had done amiss, which he said was all owing to the grog he had taken aboard. 1821 J. Howison Sketches Upper Canada xvi. 294 I never feel so spry as when I've got a good raft of tea aboard of me. 1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch Bk. 2nd Ser. II. 71 Twasn't the frigate, nor yet any three-decked ship in the sarvus, as could hold him, once poor Bill had his beer aboard. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Aug. 15/1 ‘R.H.’..must have had snakejuice aboard when he saw the piebald rats. 1942 W. L. White They were Expendable 7 I'd..put aboard the thickest charcoal-broiled filet mignon I could buy there. 2007 K. M. Fallon Paydirt 128 We always got too much drink aboard but after what he did to Bubs we got really stuck in. b. Baseball. On base. ΚΠ 1931 Philadelphia Rec. 9 Sept. 11/2 (heading) Dib Williams smacks four-bagger with one aboard in second inning to put game on ice. 1989 G. Keillor We are still Married 291 The jerk came up to bat looking grim and manly and got aboard with a bloop grounder down the third-base line. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. c12/6 He was aboard for the homers by Grissom and Alfonzo. c. figurative. In or into an organization or effort; (also) in or into agreement with a policy or decision.welcome aboard: see welcome int. 1d. ΚΠ 1936 J. P. Marquand Thank You, Mr Moto i. 7 Mr Montgomery..shook hands with me. ‘Glad to see you aboard, Tom,’ he said. 1957 Economist 7 Dec. 867/2 The objective expert inquiry..was swamped..when the advocates of easy money climbed aboard. 1991 Insight 4 Feb. 10/3 If you take out too little, you don't get Desert Storm over fast enough to keep the coalition together and the American public aboard. 1997 O. Yohannes U.S. & Horn of Afr. 172 Efforts were made to bring Congress aboard, for its approval was crucial to the rearming of Ethiopia. 2001 Premiere Oct. 57/2 When..[he] came aboard as director,..the film's tone changed. †II. Other uses. 4. Probably: abroad, adrift. (Only in Spenser.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb] aboard1591 inconnexedly1646 irrelatively1659 adrift1690 unrelatively1738 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 324 They were in doubt, and flatly set abord. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints sig. R4 The foord..with his tumbling streames doth beare aboord The ploughmans hope. B. prep. I. In nautical and related senses. 1. Alongside, by the side of; (also) very close to, colliding with. †Also with the ship's commander as object (obsolete). See also to fall aboard 1b at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > on the side of [preposition] > along or by the side of alongeOE alongstc1180 besidesc1200 besidec1275 aboard1449 longs1488 sidelong1577 aside?1615 alongside1704 1449 R. Wenyngton in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 69 I cam a-bord the Admirall and bade them stryke in the Kyngys name..and they bade me go skyte in the Kyngys name. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xlv^v We..laye amoste harde abrode, the grete vggly rokkes. 1595 J. Davis Worldes Hydrogr. Discription sig. B8^v Howe could I haue..yet founde the same Nauigable and free from yse not onely in the middest of the chanell, but also close aborde the estern shore by me named Desolation? 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 29^v Vail'd with nights robe, they stalke the shore aboord. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 134 They came hard aboard the shore. 1677 London Gaz. mccxxxvi. 4 The Channel close aboard the Main at Winterton-ness. 1698 T. Bowrey in R. C. Temple Papers (1927) 40 They [sc. sixty men-of-war] lie encompassed with Piles close aboard each other. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Sea-Gate, when two Ships are aboard one another by means of a Wave or Billow: The Sea-men say, They lie aboard one another in a Sea-Gate. 1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) i. 187/2 They fell aboard a Swedish line of battle ship. 1848 J. F. Cooper Jack Tier II. ii. 55 ‘These trades are almost as good as compasses,’ he said, ‘and the rocks are better, if we can keep close aboard them without going on to them.’ 1869 Times 27 Sept. 8/3 The fog now suddenly lifting disclosed the Helicon again true to her trust, close aboard the Agincourt. 1952 J. N. Rentz Marines Central Solomons ii. 41 When the APD's hove into range at 0703, bedlam broke loose; shells from a Japanese 3-inch gun on Tetemara Point began bursting close aboard the slow-moving American craft. 1992 Technol. & Culture 33 672 The ships tried to disable each other, often by rowing close aboard an enemy vessel and breaking off its oars. 2. a. Within the boards or sides of; on board of. aboard ship: aboard a ship, on board. (a) With reference to motion: on to or into (a ship or other waterborne vessel). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [preposition] > onto or into (a ship) aboard1466 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 383 (MED) My mastyr paid fore botes to set them a bord the barge. 1481 J. Balsall Purser's Acct. in Camden Misc. (1969) XXIII. 15 Item that y John Balsall delyvered..to the Master x Rs a bord the schep. 1545 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 137 Suche goodes wares or merchandises which is [laden] into any suche lyghter or lyghters to thintent to cary the same..from land aborde any shyppe. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 8 After that he came aboord shyp, saluting the Admiral & his company. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 82 Aboord my Gally, I inuite you all. View more context for this quotation a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 1 Sent some of my men abord her. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 354 All the Prisoners were put Aboard the Bark, except about 30 Lascaris. 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 95 The heavy artillery landed for the siege was return'd aboard the ships. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 55 I then, putting my basket aboard a little skiff, sailed out about four miles from the shore. 1878 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xxiv. 429 Don't think I want to get aboard your ship. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xii. 182 The tents that Anderssen had smuggled aboard the small boat. 1969 G. Baxt ‘I!’ said Demon vii. 78 Miss Kahane's voice had the piercing texture of a bosun's whistle piping the admiral aboard ship. 1996 Vermont Life Autumn 2/1 Step aboard the sidewheel steamboat Ticonderoga, a National Historic Landmark. (b) With reference to position: on or in (a ship). ΚΠ 1566 in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yks. (1872) 93 Munition or ordinaunce..abord his shipp,..one saker, 2 quarter slings. 1566 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 205 Mor for meate they dide eate aborde Ralfe halle [sc. a ship's captain]. 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya (1867) 121 Aboorde the Michaell were sixteene persons. 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 47 We made but a short breakfast aboord the Galley in the morning. 1607 Capt. Keeling in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 79 I envited Captain Hawkins to a ffishe dinner, and had Hamlet acted abord me. 1674 J. Dryden et al. Notes Empress of Morocco 23 Sure the Poet wrote these two Lines aboard some smack in a storm. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 59 Just that Day Twelvemonth you left me Aboard Ship at Gravesend. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 356 The trouble of Hinsch and Labée, who had been aboard the Ship,..and took great Care of the Salvage. 1768 J. Banks Let. 1 Dec. (2000) 7 Three weeks have I staid aboard the ship regardless of every inconvenience of her being heeld down. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xvii. 176 Is he aboard the fleet? 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. v. 89 She were a lean thing as ever you saw, when she went for t' see her husband aboard t' vessel. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 42 Aboard ship the captain told us that he had plied for years between Ceylon and London. 1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy iii. 249/2 Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs was killed aboard the Victory. 2006 Big Issue Christmas 57/2 For the first three years that I was in Antigua I lived aboard a 30-foot catermaran. b. Originally U.S. In extended use: on, on to, or into (a train, bus, aircraft, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > on or into a vehicle [preposition] aboard1752 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [preposition] > in or into a train aboard1850 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [preposition] > aboard an aircraft aboard1972 1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland II. v. iii. 140 I had not power to fire at him while I was aboard the Coach. 1850 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 25 Oct. The depot, which he reached just in time to jump aboard the train as it departed. 1855 Knickerbocker 45 561 I..put myself ‘a-board’ the six-o'clock Train. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 109 We..stepped..aboard the train. 1898 Argosy Aug. 36 A few minutes afterwards he was aboard a cable car. 1925 Amer. Mercury May 67/1 That miracle, the ‘service car’, whose chauffeur will drive you two or three miles, tote your heavy bags aboard the local, and smile gratefully when he receives his two bits. 1936 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Apr. 20/2 A red-bellied black went up with the last sheaf of hay aboard the dray. 1941 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 45 308 Its purpose is to present..a continuous flow of information as to the fuel reserve remaining aboard the aircraft. 1972 L. B. Johnson Vantage Point iii. 53 The next day..Mrs. Johnson and I left Washington aboard a Presidential jet. 1985 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 21 Jan. 134/3 Why not preserve the fixture used to initially transport the satellite aboard the shuttle? 1988 Yankee June 90/2 She told how she had been taken aboard an alien spacecraft. 1993 Eastern Synod Lutheran Oct. 7/4 If we..would not climb aboard the bandwagon of every fashionable social advocacy issue. c. On (a horse). ΚΠ 1886 Mag. Amer. Hist. Dec. 531 Three bushels of corn and myself would be placed aboard a horse. 1946 Outdoor Life Oct. 7/1 (advt.) You can hit the trail aboard a cayuse. 1966 P. St. Pierre Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse 164 So one day Smith..climbed aboard that quarter horse and bucked him out in the usual way. 2004 Eventing Oct. 6/1 Blyth first sprung to prominence..when securing team and individual gold at the 1990 World Championships in Stockholm aboard Messiah. †II. Other uses. 3. Probably: abroad, across the breadth or surface of. (Only in Spenser.) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2 Nor yron bands abord The Pontick sea by their huge Nauy cast. Phrases P1. all aboard! a. A call warning passengers to board a ship that is about to depart. Also used (chiefly U.S.) with reference to trains, buses, and other vehicles. ΚΠ 1704 M. Pix Violenta 96 His better fate o'er-rul'd that working Sea, And for a Wind, the waiting Pilgirms lay: Now the general Cry was, All aboard, Just as the Men arriv'd, and found their Lord. 1819 W. Crafts Sea Serpent iii. ii. 31 Quick then all aboard! With nets! harpoons! and ammunition stored. 1871 P. T. Barnum Struggles & Triumphs 363 I should have expected..to have seen him dressed in a pea jacket, blowing off steam, and crying out ‘all aboard that's going’. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 251 All aboard for Yosemite and the Big Trees. 1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xxxi. 297 He and his bride boarded the train, and the conductor announced, ‘All aboard’. 1991 National Geographic Traveler Nov. 70/1 Then you will hear a distant ‘All aboooard’! and with mighty chuffs it seems to rattle away. b. In extended use, as an encouragement or signal to set off on a course, start a task, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [interjection] > warning to board ship all aboard!1838 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 76 He..gave himself a gentle impulse, crying ‘All aboard!’ and slid slowly but majestically down. 1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) 148 ‘Head them [sc. cattle] off, boys!’ our leader shouted; ‘all aboard! hark away!’ and..away we all went at a hand-gallop. c1890 D. McK. Wright in A. E. Woodhouse N.Z. Farm & Station Verse (1950) 33 All aboard! all aboard! is the cry They're a ripping lot of shearers in the shed. 1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush viii. 122 Then comes the..signal to commence work [sc. shearing]—the stentorian cry of ‘All Aboard’. 1928 A. E. Andrews C. C. Andrews: Recoll. 1829–1922 169 At dusk a non-commissioned officer of the guard would call out ‘All aboard’, and upstairs we promptly would go. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i. ii. 41 We'll kick off on the leppers. All aboard for the Donegal Hunt. 1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) xi. 145 An exercise bicycle. ‘All aboard!’ shouted Roald. 1996 Smash Hits 27 Mar. 57/2 All aboard for train noises, dubby house sounds, clangin' bells and housin' beats. P2. to take aboard: to incorporate, adopt, or assimilate; to take on. Cf. to take on board at board n. 14e. ΚΠ 1899 T. Mackay Hist. Eng. Poor Law III. i. iv. 99 The pilot who weathered the storm was compelled to take aboard six hundred millions of debt by way of ballast. 1949 Musical Q. 35 220 It was inevitable..that in taking aboard the string tactics from their source much of the esthetic embarked too. 1974 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word 86 The Principal agreed to take the child aboard. 1997 Guardian 28 May 21/8 Evidence..that the reform and deregulation messages have been fully taken aboard. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 20/3 Covent Garden has jettisoned its faithful, long-serving production of Arabella and taken aboard a glitzy travesty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1458adv.prep.a1393
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