Shipboard
['ʃɪpbɔːd] or ['ʃɪpbɔrd]
Definition
(adj.) casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship; 'shipboard romances' .
Typed by Ann--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Such an arrangement is equivalent to wheel and axle (Fig. 112); the capstan used on shipboard for raising the anchor has the same principle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was a gain of a remarkable amount of room on shipboard and on cars, and solved a commercial problem. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On the other hand, if a man has good qualities, the spirit seldom moves him to exhibit them on shipboard, at least with any sort of emphasis. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why do They Have a Dog-Watch on Shipboard? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Mag