on board a ship (plane)
21on board — idi a) on or in a ship, plane, or other vehicle b) spo baseball on base. c) present and functioning as a member of a team or organization …
22naval ship — Introduction the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …
23Turret deck ship — A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages in …
24Float board — Float Float (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fle[ o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. [root] 84. See {Fleet}, v. i., and cf. {Flotilla}, {Flotsam},… …
25Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… …
26La Belle (ship) — La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle s four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present day Matagorda Bay the… …
27on board — Used in the context of general equities. long. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * on board ► TRANSPORT travelling on a plane, ship, or train: »The aircraft had 92 passengers on board. Main Entry: ↑board …
28on-board — UK / US adjective fitted as part of a car, plane etc the ship s on board computer …
29on board — adverb on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle • Syn: ↑aboard …
30boarding — board|ing [ˈbo:dıŋ US ˈbo:r ] n [U] 1.) the act of getting on a ship, plane etc in order to travel somewhere ▪ Boarding is now taking place at Gate 38. 2.) narrow pieces of wood that are fixed side by side, usually to cover a broken door or… …
