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Origin of half board

First recorded in 1970–75

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How to use half board in a sentence

Half clodhopper, half board-school prig, they can still throw back to a nobler stock, and breed yeomen.
Howards End|E. M. Forster
That's it—make a half-board at once, but take care and not come round.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper
Putting in a half board that houses in the keel and does not come above the floor.
On Yachts and Yacht Handling|Thomas Fleming Day
I wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper

Captain Mull now determined on a half-board, for his ship was more to leeward than he desired.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for half board (1 of 2)

half board

noun

the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
(as modifier)half-board accommodation

Also called: demi-pension

British Dictionary definitions for half board (2 of 2)

half-board

noun

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

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