| 单词 | board and board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboard and board d. board on board, (corruptly) board and board, board by board: side by side, close alongside of each other. [= French bord à bord 14th cent. in Littré, also Old Norse borð við borð.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [phrase] > side by side (of vessels) board on boarda1450 board and board1614 stem for stem1670 broadside to (or and) broadside1696 board by board1697 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxix. l. 370 It [sc. a ship] Aproched so Ny, tyl bord On bord they weren. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. i. §6. 350 When they were (as we call it) boord and boord, that is, when they brought the Gallies sides together. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. i. 3 Roome for 3. Ships to come in board and board. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3278/3 A Fight of several hours Board by Board. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 64/2 The Ships were board and board three different times, which occasioned great slaughter on both sides. board and board e. board and board: (sailing) by a succession of close tacks. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > by succession of tacks board and board1926 1926 R. Clements Stately Southerner 156 She met with a severe hammering off the Horn, but clawed her way to windward, and, after a week of board and board, managed to slip round. < as lemmas |
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