Definition of board

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Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

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Ascham :: Ascham (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery..
Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..
Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..
Disship :: Disship (v. t.) To dismiss from service on board ship.
Mouldboard :: Mouldboard (n.) A follow board.
Splasher :: Splashboard (n.) A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard..
Planch :: Planch (v. t.) To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.
Board :: Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards..
Management :: Management (v.) The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
House :: House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..
Shipmate :: Shipmate (n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
Timber :: Timber (n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer..
Toboggan :: Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc..
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
Cupboard :: Cupboard (v. t.) To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard..
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