Boarding

Covering with boards; also the cover ing itself.-Board; food; diet. ( Naut .) In naval tactics, the art of attacking a hostile ship by the introduction of armed men upon its decks. The operation is always attended with risk, from the confined nature of the theatre of action, ignorance of the enemy's dispositions, . Unle the B. is in the shape of a surprise, and therefore conducted by boats, it is e ential as a preliminary that the ships should be laid alongside or athwart each other. Board'ing-floors, n . pl . ( Building .) Those floors that are covered with boards. The operation of boarding floors should commence as soon as the windows are in, and the plaster dry. Board'ing-house, n . A house in which boarders are Board'ing-joists, n. pl. ( Building .) Joists in naked kept. flooring, to which the boards are fixed.