shipboard

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship +‎ board.

Adjective

shipboard (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Occurring or existing on board a ship.
2. (figurative) casual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance)

Noun

shipboard (plural shipboards)

1. The side of a ship.

Related terms

• ashipboard
• on shipboard