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One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

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…

erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

nding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cad…

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece. [Obs.]

Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U.S.]