Crossword clues for abord
abord
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abord \A*bord"\, n. [F.]
Manner of approaching or accosting; address.
--Chesterfield.
Abord \A*bord"\, v. t. [F. aborder, [`a] (L. ad) + bord rim,
brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board.]
To approach; to accost. [Obs.]
--Digby.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) Manner or way of approaching or accosting; address. (since the early 1600s) vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To approach. (attested from around 1400 until the late 1600s) 2 (context transitive rare English) To accost. (since the early 1600s)
Usage examples of "abord".
La foule encombrait les abords du Palais-Bourbon, saluant de ses acclamations et des cris de Vive la Charte!
Presque aussitot le notaire arriva, mais au premier abord il ne reconnut pas son ancien camarade.
In a final one, he saw the GSS Ineptitude soar towards eminent doom : with all his friends still abord it, trapped in there with the Happy Birthday virus running amok.