half board


Origin of half board

1
First recorded in 1970–75

Words Nearby 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. Forster
  • 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
  • Putting in a half board that houses in the keel and does not come above the floor.

    On Yachts and Yacht Handling | Thomas Fleming Day
  • I wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.

    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

British Dictionary definitions for half board (1 of 2)

half board

noun
  1. : 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)

half-board

noun
  1. a manoeuvre by a sailing ship enabling it to gain distance to windward by luffing up into the wind

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