half board


noun

Origin of half board

First recorded in 1970–75

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 Cooper
  • Captain 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 Cooper
  • If it had not been for that half-board that we involuntarily made, we should never have done it.

    A Middy of the King |Harry Collingwood
  • I 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

  1. the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
  2. (as modifier)half-board accommodation
Also called: demi-pension