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Webster 1913 Edition
Aboard
A-board′
,adv.
[Pref.
a-
on, in + board
.] 1.
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
2.
Alongside;
as, close
. aboard
(Naut.)
: To fall aboard of
, to strike a ship’s side; to fall foul of.
– To haul the tacks aboard
, to set the courses.
– To keep the land aboard
, to hug the shore.
– To lay (a ship) aboard
, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
A-board′
,p
rep.
1.
On board of;
as, to go
. aboard
a ship2.
Across; athwart.
[Obs.]
Nor iron bands
The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
aboard
The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aboard
ABOARD
,adv.
To go aboard, to enter a ship, to embark.
To fall aboard, to strike a ship's side.
Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the main-sail down to the chess-tree.
Definition 2024
aboard
aboard
See also: A board
English
Adverb
aboard (not comparable)
- On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
- We all climbed aboard.
- On or onto a horse, a camel, etc. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
- To sling a saddle aboard.
- (baseball) On base. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both.
- Into a team, group, or company. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- The office manager welcomed him aboard.
- (nautical) Alongside. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
- The ships came close aboard to pass messages.
- The captain laid his ship aboard the enemy's ship.
Translations
on board
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baseball — see on base
nautical
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Preposition
aboard
- On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
- Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
- We all went aboard the ship.
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- Onto a horse. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- (obsolete) Across; athwart; alongside. [Attested from the early 16th century until the late 17th century.][1]
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat:
- Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
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Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
on board of
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6
