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Definition of Aboard
1. Adverb. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
2. Adverb. On first or second or third base. "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"
3. Adverb. Side by side. "Anchored close aboard another ship"
4. Adverb. Part of a group. "Bill's been aboard for three years now"
Definition of Aboard
1. adv. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
2. prep. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
Definition of Aboard
1. Adverb. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. ¹
2. Adverb. (nautical) Alongside ¹
3. Adverb. (baseball) On base. ¹
4. Adverb. Astride; with one leg on each side. ¹
5. Preposition. On board of; as, to go ''aboard'' a ship. ¹
6. Preposition. (obsolete) Across; athwart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aboard
1. into, in, or on a ship, train, or airplane [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboard
Literary usage of Aboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"But to proceed ; Herman Coppinger provided to go aboard, and the next day being
the time appointed for Captain Swan and all his men to meet aboard, ..."
2. The Bookman (1910)
"... "ONCE aboard THE LUGGER"* The title of this story might lead the reader to
expect a tale of Thames watermen in the manner of Mr. WW Jacobs. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"We were no sooner come to anchor, but the Turks began to come aboard us, so that
the very first day there came aboard us not so few as 500 rude Turks, ..."
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