boarding

[board]

The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

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The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.

Noun
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Noun
a structure of boards


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Board

n.
The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.

n.
The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

n.
The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.


Boarding

Board"ing, n. 1. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate.
2. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. 3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept. -- Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it. -- Boarding pike (Naut.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. Totten. -- Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.

The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.

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Usage Examples

I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding.

I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.

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