half board
noun
Origin of half board
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby half board
half a mind,
half and half nail,
half bath,
half binding,
half blood,
half board,
half boot,
half brother,
half buck,
half cadence,
half cent
Example sentences from the Web for half-board
That's it—make a half-board at once, but take care and not come round.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef |James Fenimore CooperCaptain Mull now determined on a half-board, for his ship was more to leeward than he desired.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef |James Fenimore CooperIf it had not been for that half-board that we involuntarily made, we should never have done it.
A Middy of the King |Harry CollingwoodI wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef |James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for half-board (1 of 2)
half-board
noun
a manoeuvre by a sailing ship enabling it to gain distance to windward by luffing up into the wind
British Dictionary definitions for half-board (2 of 2)
half board
noun
- the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
- (as modifier)half-board accommodation