Definition of boarding

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Boarding (n.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose..

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Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..
Board :: Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house..
Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels..
Headbeard :: Headbeard (n.) A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave..
Boarding :: Boarding (n.) The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay..
Dormitory :: Dormitory (n.) A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school..
Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.
Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..
Timber :: Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding..
Half-pike :: Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon..
Boarding :: Boarding (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards..
Siding :: Siding (n.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like..
Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons..
Boarding :: Boarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boar.
Pension :: Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc..
Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) Oaken timber or boarding.
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel..
Brettice :: Brettice (n.) The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..
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