boardingn.
1. Nautical. The action of coming close up to, or of entering (a ship), usually in a hostile manner.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > coming alongside or boarding
abordagec1550
boarding1591
entry1591
1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B3v The voleis, bourdings, and entrings.
1691 London Gaz. No. 2719/3 He thrice repulsed the Enemy, who boarded him, but at the fourth boarding was taken.
1801 Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 196 I directed the attack to be made by four divisions of boats, for boarding.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > approach and speaking to a person
boarding1546
accosting1603
abord1607
coasting1609
accostmenta1626
advance1652
1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 49 The bordyng of th-Emperour soo playnly in the matier of the warre.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 49 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) A troublesome bourding and assaulting of those, with whom we have to doe.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind > tacking
boardinga1618
tacking1675
traverse sailing1715
a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 10 That shee stay well, when bourding and turning on a wind is required.
4. The act of covering or furnishing with boards; the mass of boards so used, a structure of boards.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > planking or boarding
planking?a1450
boarding1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bourdinge, or ioynynge of bourdes together.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 22 The bording..is much subject to rott.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii.xli. 156 The wooden palisades and boarding..took fire.
5. Currying. The treatment of leather with a graining-board. (See Ure Dict. Arts III. 97.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather
curryc1430
currying1481
fire-curing1844
buffing1856
boarding1870
pebbling1875
skivinga1884
nourishment1897
seasoning1897
samming1909
1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Feb. 534/3 When dry, repeat the boarding, and you will have a good Memel grain.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 278/1 The ‘boarding’ makes them [hides] very pliable.
6. The supplying of stated meals; the obtaining of food, or food and lodging, at another person's house for a stipulated charge.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] > at a charge
boarding1530
board1632
summer boarding1823
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food
liverancec1390
cheeringc1443
boarding1530
banqueting1535
potluck1592
refection1601
collationing1652
regality1672
suppering1675
blithemeat1681
treat1690
regalement1708
regale1753
bed and board1756
bed and breakfast1910
1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xxiv. f. lxii To paye for the chambre & bordynge a certayne some .&c.
a1667 A. Cowley College in Wks. (1710) II. 621 For the lodging and boarding of young scholars.
1861 Rebel War Clerk's Diary (1866) 255 The boarding of my family comes to more than my salary.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. Also boarding school n.
a. (In sense 1.)
boarding-brand n.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > knives and swords
navy1777
boarding knife1807
boarding-brand1814
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > navy sword
navy1777
boarding-brand1814
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. vii. 9 Be the edge sharpen'd of my boarding-brand.
boarding-bridge n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ladder or gang-plank
ship-ladderc1050
fall-bridge1487
way-shide1535
gallery ladder1706
side ladder1724
gangboard1769
gangway ladder1778
gangplank1785
stern-ladder1794
race board1808
gangway1846
brow1867
boarding-bridge1878
passerelle1989
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 105 Had they been less afraid of the boarding-bridges, [the left wing] must ere this have been victorious.
boarding-card n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passenger documents > card entitling one to board aircraft
boarding-card1958
boarding ticket1967
boarding pass1969
1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 251/3 It is now necessary, when travelling abroad by air, to carry passports, travel tickets, embarkation cards, boarding cards, luggage vouchers, bus tickets and airport passes.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File v. 30 A steward took my..boarding card.
boarding knife n.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > knives and swords
navy1777
boarding knife1807
boarding-brand1814
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of
anlacec1300
misericord1324
bodkin1386
baselardc1390
popperc1390
wood-knife1426
spudc1440
pavade1477
bistoury1490
skene1527
dudgeon1548
sword dagger1567
machete1575
kris1589
bum dagger1596
stillado1607
stiletto1611
steelet1616
hanjar1621
pisaa1640
jockteleg1642
khanjar1684
bayonet1692
kuttar1696
parazonium1751
skene-ochles1754
scalping-knife1759
snick-a-snee1760
manchette1762
snickersnee1775
guard-dagger1786
boarding knife1807
scalp-knife1807
kukri1811
skene-dhu1811
parang1820
stylet1820
belt knife1831
bowie-knife1836
scalper1837
sheath-knife1837
toothpick1837
tumbok lada1839
snick-and-snee knife1843
tickler1844
bowie1846
toad-sticker1858
simi1860
scramasax1862
kinjal1863
left-hander1869
main gauche1869
aikuchi1875
tanto1885
toad-stabber1885
cinquedea1897
trench knife1898
puukko1925
panga1929
quillon dagger1950
flick-knife1957
ratchet knife1966
sai1973
ratchet1975
1807 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) 5 176 She proved to be a small Pilot Boat.., with 50 Muskets ready loaded, about 18 Boarding knives, &c.
boarding-netting n. A netting put round the ship to hinder the enemy's attacks
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water > netting
splinter-netting1799
boarding-netting1834
crinoline1867
torpedo-catcher1877
torpedo-net1885
splinter net1894
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 246 The boarding nettings..were tied up to the yard-arms, and presented a formidable obstacle to our success.
boarding party n.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > squad or crew for special duty > boarding party
boarding party1882
1882 Hamley Traseaden Hall II. 251 The English vessel had..grappled the enemy and finally boarded her, the boarding party being led by the captain.
1946 ‘C. S. Forester’ Lord Hornblower vi. 55 Have the boarding-party secured as they come on board.
boarding pass n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passenger documents > card entitling one to board aircraft
boarding-card1958
boarding ticket1967
boarding pass1969
1969 Daily Express 17 Nov. 13/7 She had to stop to have her boarding pass checked.
1970 Sunday Times 18 Jan. 13/6 He gave me the boarding pass which got me aboard one of the last relief planes.
boarding-pike n.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > pikes, etc.
poleaxe1294
boarding-pike1802
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > half-pike
half-pikea1607
rapparee1690
spontoon1746
espontoon1772
boarding-pike1802
xyston1856
1802 Ann. Reg. 1801 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 269/1 Our men were provided with Boarding-pikes, tomahawks and cutlasses only.
1834 F. Marryat Pacha I. v. 108 We received them with..boarding-pikes.
boarding ticket n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passenger documents > card entitling one to board aircraft
boarding-card1958
boarding ticket1967
boarding pass1969
1967 M. Drabble Jerusalem the Golden viii. 206 Clara..obtained her boarding ticket, and went and sat down on a plastic covered seat to await..the announcement of her flight.
b. (In sense 4.)
boarding-shop n.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun] > book-binding establishment
bookbindery1809
bindery1810
boarding-shop1842
1842 Penny Mag. 11 378 The ‘boarding-shop’..wherein all the operations are conducted for binding books in cloth boards.
C2.
boarding-book n. a register for recording particulars of every ship boarded (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > record of ships boarded
boarding-book1874
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 180 When boarding foreign men-of-war the boarding book should not be taken on board.
boarding-car n. U.S. a railway carriage fitted with sleeping, cooking, and dining accommodation.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > car with sleeping and dining accommodation
boarding-car1867
1867 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 8 June 726 The equipment of the road consists of..4 boarding and 8 wrecking cars.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 87 The boarding cars had to be fitted up, the cooking appliances put in order, &c.
boarding foreman n. (see quot.).
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > harbour-master > [noun] > other port officials
water bailiff1369
water bailie1377
shahbandar1599
boarding officer?1881
boarding foreman1924
1924 Census 1921: Classif. Industries §731 Boarding Foreman, Officer [1927 Dict. Occup. Terms 'is responsible to harbour or dock authority for seeing that ship's papers, etc., are in order before allowing her to enter dock or harbour'].
boarding-house n. a house in which persons board.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food > boarding-house
pensiona1652
boarding-house1728
roadhouse1806
boarding-place1854
hash house1865
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > boarding house
pensiona1652
boarding-house1728
lodging-house1766
private hotel1796
drum1846
boarding-place1854
lodging-hall1860
rooming house1873
chawl1891
model1899
guest house1925
kipping-house1925
pensione1929
pensionnat1963
1728 A. Rogers Let. 16 Aug. in E. Pyle Mem. Royal Chaplain (1905) 110 Mr. Gill has a Daughter..who..has for many Years last past kept a Boarding-House at Yarmouth.
1790 New Ann. Reg. 1789 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 126/1 They might as well..send him to one of those boarding houses that take in unfortunate invalids.
1799 Deb. Congr. 16 Feb. (1850) 2924 The gentleman from South Carolina..had no information on this subject, except what he got from boarding-houses.
1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 355 The priests, in whose boarding-house he was.
1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 65 A nice, comfortable boarding-house tavern, without a bar.
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 235/1 I was calling on a..friend in a high and narrow city boarding-house.
boarding-kennel n. (sense 6.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels
kennelling1716
doggery1827
boarding-kennel1969
1969 R. Rendell Best Man to Die ii. 17 The dog had awakened him..with long-drawn howls... ‘This isn't a boarding kennels, you know,’ he said.
boarding-master n. a keeper of a boarding-house for seamen.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > keeper of lodging house > for seamen
boarding-master1869
1869 Porcupine 217/2 The moment a sailor is shipped he obtains his advance-note..and the cupidity of the boarding-master is called into action.
1904 Daily Chron. 31 Mar. 7/6 A Greek boarding-master boarded a vessel in the Roath Dock with sailors.
boarding officer n. = boarding foreman n.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > harbour-master > [noun] > other port officials
water bailiff1369
water bailie1377
shahbandar1599
boarding officer?1881
boarding foreman1924
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 36 Boarding Officer.
boarding-out n. the obtaining of stated meals at another person's house; the placing of destitute children in families where they are treated as members.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > of destitute children
boarding-out1874
1874 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 4) iv. vi. 584 The boarding-out system..has lately been engrafted on our poor-law.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 4/1 Boarding-out..means the placing in select homes, and with select foster-parents, destitute healthy children under the age of twelve years.
boarding-place n. U.S. a boarding-house.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food > boarding-house
pensiona1652
boarding-house1728
roadhouse1806
boarding-place1854
hash house1865
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > boarding house
pensiona1652
boarding-house1728
lodging-house1766
private hotel1796
drum1846
boarding-place1854
lodging-hall1860
rooming house1873
chawl1891
model1899
guest house1925
kipping-house1925
pensione1929
pensionnat1963
1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine iv. 21 Mr. Middleton set off for Frankfort to find ‘as smart a boarding-place for his gals as anybody had’.
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed iii. 28 She runs this boarding-place, and people of various kinds come to her.
boarding-stable n. U.S. a livery stable.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > stable
horse-housec1175
stablec1250
guest-stable1471
livery stable1661
brush stable1835
livery1888
boarding-stable1903
run-in shed1946
stable block1977
1903 N.Y. Tribune 20 Sept. (advt.) Boarders wanted at Rochville Boarding Stable.
1905 N.Y. Evening Post 27 Sept. 5 Many horses were suffocated..when fire destroyed the two-story boarding stable.
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boardingadj.
1. That boards (a ship).
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society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > taking ship
boarding1797
embarking1856
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [adjective] > boarding
boarding1797
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) IV. xci. 163 The boarding Romans.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. v. 138 He had not been of the boarding-party.
2. That boards in another person's house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [adjective] > boarding
boardingc1860
boarded1884
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > entertained with food
feted1852
boardingc1860
boarded1884
c1860 H. E. P. Spofford Pilot's Wife in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. (1877) IV. 7/2 She despised these boarding people.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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