half board

noun

1. demi-pension ( def 1 ).

half-board

¹

noun

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

half board

²

noun

1. Also calleddemi-pension
   1. the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
   2. ( as modifier )

      half-board accommodation

Word History and Origins

Origin of half board¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Half clodhopper, half board-school prig, they can still throw back to a nobler stock, and breed yeomen.

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That's it—make a half-board at once, but take care and not come round.

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

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I wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.

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Captain Mull now determined on a half-board, for his ship was more to leeward than he desired.

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