2. Etym: [Cf. Board to accost, and see Board, n.]
Defn: To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or
a friendly way.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or
make a communication. Totten.
3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
BOARD
Board, v. i.
Defn: To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. Spectator.
BOARD
Board, v. t. Etym: [F. aborder. See Abord, v. t.]
Defn: To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.
BOARDABLE
Board"a*ble, a.