Word
abord
Definition
prep. on or into a ship, boat, or plane. This is an old way to say 'on board' that people rarely use today.
prep. on or into a ship, boat, or aircraft. Archaic in modern usage; historically used in nautical or military contexts.
Examples
“The crew was abord the ship before the storm began.”
“The passengers were abord the vessel as it slowly drifted away from the harbor.”
“In the early accounts of the voyage, the captain noted that all the supplies were abord and the crew was ready for the long journey across the Atlantic.”
Examples
simple
“The crew was abord the ship before the storm began.”
contextual
“The passengers were abord the vessel as it slowly drifted away from the harbor.”
complex
“In the early accounts of the voyage, the captain noted that all the supplies were abord and the crew was ready for the long journey across the Atlantic.”
Etymology
From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”).
Alternative forms.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scan code
englishreference.com/q/abord