half board
Origin of half board
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How to use half board in a sentence
Half clodhopper, half board-school prig, they can still throw back to a nobler stock, and breed yeomen.
Howards End | E. M. ForsterThat's it—make a half-board at once, but take care and not come round.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef | James Fenimore CooperPutting in a half board that houses in the keel and does not come above the floor.
On Yachts and Yacht Handling | Thomas Fleming DayI wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.
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 Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for half board (1 of 2)
: Also called: demi-pension
the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
(as modifier): half-board accommodation
British Dictionary definitions for half-board (2 of 2)
a manoeuvre by a sailing ship enabling it to gain distance to windward by luffing up into the wind
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