boord
English
Noun
boord (plural boords)
- Obsolete form of board.
- 1631, A rich storehouse, or treasure for the diseased, page 117:
- […] and then let there be a hot Boord, or a logget of Wood, laid (as hot as may be suffered) to the soles of his feet when he goeth to bed, to provoke him to sweat if he can, […]
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch boorde, from Old Dutch *bordo, from Frankish *bord (“plank, board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdô, *burdą (“plank, board”).
Noun
boord m (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)
- border, boundary
- Synonym: grens
- shore, bank
- Synonym: oever
- (also neuter) collar (of a shirt)
- Synonym: kraag
- witte boorden: the white-collar class
Derived terms
- afboorden
- omboorden
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: borki
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch boort, from earlier bort. Doublet of bord.
Noun
boord m or n (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)
- (nautical) a collective term used for both sides of a ship (the starboard and the port)
- the entire ship
Derived terms
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 250
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Middle English
Noun
boord
- alternative form of bord