Meanings
unboarded1
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unboard
unboarded2
adjectiveunboarded (not comparable)
- not comparablearchitectureNot boarded.
Those who sit on the unboarded and unpaved floor beside the wall, and who look on so wistfully, have nothing to cook — nothing to eat; they paid the last penny or twopence they possessed to be allowed to sleep on the floor of that cellar until morning.
1852, Thomas Miller, Picturesque sketches of London: past and present, page 235
Origin
unboarded · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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