Boarding–house
a house at which board or board and lodging may be obtained for payment.
Contemporary Examples
A Pink Rethink: Breast-Cancer Spending Comes Under the Microscope Abigail Pesta April 25, 2012
Far-Right Texas Terrorist Planned Murder And Robbery Spree in the Name of ‘Liberty’ Caitlin Dickson March 31, 2014
Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream Tim Teeman February 18, 2014
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece Scott Porch September 15, 2014
Historical Examples
The Library and Society Various
The Film of Fear Arnold Fredericks
The Cross-Cut Courtney Ryley Cooper
Cap’n Warren’s Wards Joseph C. Lincoln
Two Knapsacks John Campbell
Cap’n Warren’s Wards Joseph C. Lincoln
noun
a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
(Austral) a house for boarders at a school See also house (sense 10)
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a house at which board or board and lodging may be obtained for payment. Historical Examples Strictly Business O. Henry In the Year of Jubilee George Gissing The Jungle Upton Sinclair The Jungle Upton Sinclair The Conquest of America Cleveland Moffett The Story of the Mormons William Alexander Linn The Boy Scout Richard Harding Davis […]
- Boarding-out
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- Boarding-party
a group of persons who board a vessel, especially to attack, seize, or search it. Historical Examples Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships W.H.G. Kingston Fighting for the Right Oliver Optic Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. Percy F. Westerman The Naval History of the United States Willis J. Abbot. The Missing Ship W. H. G. Kingston Famous […]
- Boarding-pass
a pass that authorizes a passenger to board an aircraft and is issued after one’s ticket has been purchased or collected.
- Ramp
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline. a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase railing at a landing. any extensive sloping walk or passageway. the act of ramping. Also called boarding ramp. a movable staircase for entering or leaving a cabin door of an airplane. […]