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Definition of Shipboard
1. Adjective. Casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship. "Shipboard romances"
Definition of Shipboard
1. n. A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.
Definition of Shipboard
1. Adjective. (nautical) Occurring or existing on board a ship. ¹
2. Noun. The side of a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shipboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipboard
Literary usage of Shipboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"ii Rations at hand on shipboard to a political compact under which John political
Carver was elected the first governor.6 At a later day a license ..."
2. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1907)
"Whatever difference of opinion may exist among sanitarians regarding the danger
from infected mosquitoes on shipboard, it is certain that this subject has ..."
3. The Science of Money by Alexander Del Mar (1885)
"... defective—Reasons—Coins melted and exported surreptitiously—Sometimes minted
in one country to circulate in another—Coins used on shipboard—Coins melted ..."
4. Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ:: Familiar Letters Domestick and Foreign, Divided Into by James Howell (1737)
"To my Brother Dx. Howell, from on shipboard before Venice, BROTHER, TF this Letter
fail either in point of Orthography or Style, •*• you muft impute the ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... ablest Men were once gott on shipboard, the Women and Children were left on
the Shore, exposed to Hunger and Cold, without any Manner of Provision, ..."
6. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"... .016: plank with some barnacles and grass, .019 ; very foul, .055. Bell Time
on shipboard.—The hour of the day is signalled to the crew on shipboard by ..."
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