Ready for departure

Usage examples of aboard.

The party had come aboard without waiting to be invited, their leader stepping forward with his hat in his hand.

The sailors watched for an age as the troops, some walking, more carried, waded out into the surf and shuffled aboard the French transports.

He stopped pacing when he heard the whistles, set to welcome the general aboard with a salute that accorded with his rank.

Every man aboard had imagined that sound, the music of the French terror.

Even so dressed, James Ludlow managed to look slightly out of place, very like a man who was too refined for life aboard a ship.

He carried out his self-imposed task as keeper of the flag-locker in a naturally elegant manner that was deeply incongruous aboard a privateer, a ship designed solely for war.

Every man aboard knew that their vessel was a fine sailer on a bowline.

That supposition was borne out as the captain came aboard, followed by a spotty midshipman and his file of marines.

Most sailors coming aboard a well-run ship, regardless of their purpose, managed a compliment of sorts.

But please remember that, as a guest aboard our ship, we expect better manners.

Men were started aboard this ship, it seemed, even when they were doing their work efficiently.

And aboard this ship a bold look, one that even hints at a challenge to authority, counts as insolence.

That would require leaving sufficient men aboard to subdue the prisoners, which in turn made any future action more hazardous.

Commands aboard the Andromache were so familiar that they could be issued in a whisper.

Instead they laboured to bring aboard water, firewood, hogsheads of beer, rum, and lime juice, and cases of wine.