half board

noun

demi-pension(def 1).

Origin of half board

First recorded in 1970–75

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Historical Examples of half-board

If it had not been for that half-board that we involuntarily made, we should never have done it.
A Middy of the King
Harry Collingwood
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
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
I wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef
James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for half-board

half-board

noun

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

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

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