Meanings
nounboarding party (plural boarding parties)
plural boarding parties
- nauticalThe group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize
Enemy boarding parties on starboard decks Eight through Ten.
2001 November 15, Bungie, Halo: Combat Evolved, v1.0, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Pillar of Autumn
Translations
German Enterkommando
- Enterkommandogroup of sailors to invade a ship
Hebrew צֶוֶת הִשְׁתַּלְּטוּת
- צֶוֶת הִשְׁתַּלְּטוּת (tsevet hishtaltut)group of sailors to invade a ship
Italian gruppo d'assalto
- gruppo d'assaltogroup of sailors to invade a ship
Polish grupa desantowa
- grupa desantowagroup of sailors to invade a ship
Russian аборда́жная кома́нда, аборда́жная па́ртия
- аборда́жная кома́нда (abordážnaja kománda)group of sailors to invade a ship
- аборда́жная па́ртия (abordážnaja pártija)group of sailors to invade a ship
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