Main Entry:

²board

Function:

verb

Date:

15th century

transitive verb

1archaic : to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack2: accost, address3 a: to go aboard (as a ship, train, airplane, or bus) b: to put aboard <an airliner boarding passengers>4: to cover or seal off with boards <board up a window> <board up a house>5: to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation6: to check (a player) into the boards in hockeyintransitive verb: to receive meals or lodging ; specifically : to live at a boarding school