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Boarding   /bˈɔrdɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Boarding  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.
Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.






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"Boarding" Quotes from Famous Books



... completed before I had covered half the distance that lay between me and them, and then both made a rush for the boarding-ladder. ...
— Warlord of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... decided so; we will say no more about it. On the death of the duke I left Naples, leaving Cesarino at the same boarding school, under the protection of the Prince de la Riccia, who has always looked upon him as a brother. Your son, though he does not know it, possesses the sum of twenty thousand ducats, of which I receive the ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... of the above remarks was made by a young fellow, answering to the name of John, who sits near me at table. A certain basket of peaches, a rare vegetable, little known to boarding-houses, was on its way to me via this unlettered Johannes. He appropriated the three that remained in the basket, remarking that there was just one apiece for him. I convinced him that his practical inference was hasty and illogical, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, January 1858 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics • Various

... a pretty, sentimental blonde, came to give her lessons from twelve o'clock to one. In the silence of the neighborhood the a-a-a and o-oo, persistently prolonged, repeated again and again, with windows open, gave the factory the atmosphere of a boarding-school. ...
— Fromont and Risler, Complete • Alphonse Daudet

... grateful for the release from that sense of unrest caused by the twisted red and green arabesques on the floor. Here all is sombre. The walls are a dull shade, the carpet neutral, the furniture the faded brocatelle dedicate to boarding-houses; but it is not so bad. The golden light lies along the floor, and is reflected on my 'Birth of Venus' on the wall. Above my desk is a small shelf of my best-loved books,—loved now; perhaps I shall destroy them next year, having absorbed all their nutriment, even ...
— A Village Ophelia and Other Stories • Anne Reeve Aldrich


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