boord

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English

Noun

boord (plural boords)

  1. Obsolete form of board.
    • 1631, A rich storehouse, or treasure for the diseased, page 117:
      […] and then let there be a hot Boord, or a logget of Wood, laid (as hot as may be suffered) to the soles of his feet when he goeth to bed, to provoke him to sweat if he can, […]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boorde, from Old Dutch *bordo, from Frankish *bord (“plank, board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdô, *burdą (“plank, board”).

Noun

boord m (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)

  1. border, boundary
  2. shore, bank
  3. (also neuter) collar (of a shirt)
    witte boorden: the white-collar class
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  • → Sranan Tongo: borki

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch boort, from earlier bort. Doublet of bord.

Noun

boord m or n (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)

  1. (nautical) a collective term used for both sides of a ship (the starboard and the port)
  2. the entire ship
    aan boord: on board, aboard

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 250

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Middle English

Noun

boord

  1. Alternative form of bord
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