Etymology

shipboard

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Today it means: Occurring or existing on board a ship. Full definition →

Middle English schip bord
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromschip bord
  2. English todayshipboard

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.