table board


noun

daily meals provided for pay.

Origin of table board

First recorded in 1475–85

Example sentences from the Web for table board

  • The early dining-table was a board placed on trestles, which was called a table-board.

    The Historical Child |Oscar Chrisman
  • As the table was called a table-board so the table-cloth was called a board-cloth.

    The Historical Child |Oscar Chrisman
  • I have seen a curious old table top, or table-board, which permitted diners seated at it to dispense with trenchers or plates.

    Home Life in Colonial Days |Alice Morse Earle
  • You deserve that I should let you eat your fists by way of table-board; but I'm no such dirt as you.

    Moran of the Lady Letty |Frank Norris