boarding

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. "The boarded hovel." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

2.[Cf. Board to accost, and see Board, n.] To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. [1913 Webster]

You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.— Totten.[1913 Webster]

3.To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

4.To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. [1913 Webster]

5.To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. [1913 Webster]

1.(Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. [1913 Webster]

Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate.— Sir F. Drake.[1913 Webster]

2.The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. [1913 Webster]

3.The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]