box off
English
editVerb
editbox off (third-person singular simple present boxes off, present participle boxing off, simple past and past participle boxed off)
- (nautical) To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
- To enclose an area and separate it from a larger area by surrounding it in walls.
References
edit- “box”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.