seaboardn.adj.
/ˈsiːbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈsiˌbɔrd/ A. n.† 1. The plank to cover up the port-hole. Obsolete.† 2. With prepositions a, at, on, to seaboard, on or to the seaward side (of a ship, etc.). Obsolete.† 3. by (be) seaboard: by sea. on seaboard: at sea, on board ship. Obsolete.in combination.1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxii. 316 The sea~board-dwelling Tschwis.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > cover of
seaboardc1460
port1627
port-lid1769
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3001 Why close they the port with the see bord?
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on the seaward side
a, at, on, to seaboard1478
1478 W. Worcester Itineraries 108 Et jnsula Vshand jacet in le seebord anglice South et North.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cl. 165 Ye wynde was so streynable on see borde, that they coude nat departe thence.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 297 [He] With mony schip to se burd passit syne.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 70 To preserve their course the better at Seaboorde.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. v. 13 Our men discried three Ilands a Seaboard.
1589 T. Southam in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 390 There lay two rocks two miles to sea boord of vs.
1602 R. Mansel True Rep. Service 1 My selfe being neerest that coast, Captaine Iones next vnto me, and the Dutch men of warre a Sea-boord, and to the westward of him.
c1625 J. Taylor Brave Sea-fight in Wks. (1630) iii. 40/2 The Enemie making all the sayle he could to Sea-boord of the English.
1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 281 When a Ship..hath another Ship on her other side to Sea~ward, or (as the phrase is) to Sea-board.
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society > travel > travel by water > [phrase]
by waterOE
by sea1487
by (be) seaboard1535
society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] > at sea
at seaa1400
on seaboard1535
at the seas1585
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adverb] > by sea
by (be) seaboard1535
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 369 Out of Denmark be se burd mony myle, Ane greit armie in Albione wes send.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 71 Nocht alanerly be gryt multitude of men of veyr and ane grit nauen of schipis be seey burde, bot [etc.].
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 420 Whenas beyng on Seaborde he was in daunger to be drowned.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 32 In all my tyme on Seaboorde..I have knowen nombers that were on another disposition.
4. The line where land and sea meet, the coastline; the sea-shore or the land near the sea, esp. considered with reference to its extent or configuration.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > coast line
seasidec1275
the sea's sidea1400
seasides1532
shoreside1571
sea-linea1687
seaboard1788
waterline1789
shoreline1811
sea-edge1820
coast-line1861
ocean line1870
ria coast1899
rias coast1899
1788 F. Asbury Jrnl. 10 July (1821) II. 36 The Gnats are almost as troublesome here, as the moschetoes in the low-lands of the sea-board.
1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 447 The soil..after you leave the sea board..changes from a grey to a red colour.
1803 Ann. Congr. 24 Feb. 192 The seaboard can send few if any troops beyond the mountains.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 78 Certain alarming movements on the sea-board.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 26 On the seabord of this wild land [sc. Iceland] is a rim of grassy country, where cattle can subsist.
1860 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xiii. 143/1 The population of extensive Islands and seaboards of the country.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 25 These Kingdoms have a large sea-board.
1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 124 The sea-board is nearly a straight line running from north to south.
B. adj.
Bordering on or adjoining the sea. rare.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [adjective]
lowa1398
maritimal1587
seaboard1590
sea-bordering1597
maritime1598
maritimate1601
marine1610
blue-washed1790
bismarine1808
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee5 There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood Of Neustria come roring.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sea-bord, Sea-bordering, bordering on the sea or ocean.
1888 ‘J. Shallow’ Templars Trials 8 The Hospitallers, whose property was largely sea-board, left Cyprus for Rhodes.
1909 Daily Chron. 18 Aug. 4/4 The French sea~board hotels.
Derivatives
ˈsea-boarder n. an inhabitant of the seaboard.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea
coast-man1580
maritimea1600
sea-borderer1599
sea-boarder1611
coaster1612
shoreman1650
Paralian1724
Orarian1869
bayman1904
cover1905
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. v. vii. 179/1 The Kentish [men] and Sea-borders being full of humanity and little differing from the French ciuilitie.
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