Meanings
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1
noun
a ship considered as a place where people live, meet, or travel, chiefly in the phrase on shipboard
The two naturalists first met on shipboard during the voyage south.
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2
adj
existing, occurring, or used on board a ship
All passengers attended the shipboard safety drill.
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3
noun
the side of a ship
The damaged boat struck the shipboard before drifting astern.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schipbord, a compound of ship + board. Board originally referred to a plank or a vessel's side; the compound later also named the ship itself in on shipboard and became an adjective for things occurring aboard.