aboard
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
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, etc. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
- (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]
- (nautical) Alongside. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
- The ships came close aboard to pass messages.
Translations[edit]
on board
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Preposition[edit]
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”, 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.
- 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
- 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. - Edmund Spenser
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat
Derived terms[edit]
Nautical:
- fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.
- haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses.
- keep the land aboard, to hug the shore.
- lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
Translations[edit]
on board of
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:
