Aboard

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈbɔːd/
• US IPA: /əˈbɔɹd/

Origin

From Middle English abord, from a- ("on") + bord ("board, side of a ship"). (Equivalent to - + board.)

Full definition of aboard

Adverb

1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. First attested from around (1350 to 1470).

1. We all climbed aboard.
2. On or onto a horse, etc. First attested in the late 19^th century.
3. (baseball) On base. First attested in the mid 20^th century.He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both.
4. Into a team, group, or company. First attested in the mid 20^th century.
5. (nautical) Alongside. First attested from around (1350 to 1470).The ships came close aboard to pass messages.

Preposition

1. On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. First attested around 1350 to 1470.
• 2012-03, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
2. We all went aboard the ship.
3. Onto a horse. First attested in the mid 20^th century.
4. (obsolete) Across; athwart; alongside. Attested from the early 16^th century until the late 17^th century.
• 1591, Edmund Spenser, Virgil's GnatNor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. - Edmund Spenser

Derived terms

• fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.
• haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses.
• keep the land aboard, to hug the shore.
• lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

Anagrams

• aborad
• abroad