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d meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

That can be boarded, as a ship.

One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten.

ether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake.

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;

A vergeboard.

A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.

A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.