Definition/Meaning of aboard

• English - Adverb: aboard ( not comparable ) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence , into or within a railway car . [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] We all climbed aboard . On or onto a horse , a camel , etc . [First attested in the late 19 th century .] To sling a saddle aboard . ( baseball ) On base . [First attested in the mid 20 th century .] He doubled with two men aboard , scoring them…
• English - Preposition: aboard On board of; onto or into a ship , boat , train , plane . [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] We all went aboard the ship . Onto a horse . [First attested in the mid 20 th century .] ( obsolete ) Across; athwart; alongside . [Attested from the early 16 th century until the late 17 th century .] 1591 , Edmund Spenser , Virgil's Gnat Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English abord , from a- ( “ on ” ) + bord ( “ board , side of a ship ” ). (Equivalent to a- +‎ board .)
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /əˈbɔːd/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /əˈbɔɹd/
• English - References: ↑ 1 . 0 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 1 . 4 1 . 5 1 . 6 1 . 7 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , 5th edition (Oxford University Press , 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6