board (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To cover with boardsII. To enter (a ship) hostilelyIII. To furnish with foodB. Intrans. to live at another person's table • board (v.): A. Trans.: I. To cover with boards: contăbŭlo, 1: to b. turrets, turres c., Caes.: to b. with oak planks, quernis axibus c., Plin. Phr.: a b.'d passage, transitus tabulatus, Plin II. To enter (a ship) hostilely: in naves hostium (vi) transcendere, Caes. III. To furnish with food: *victum alicui pacto pretio praebere. B. Intrans. to live at another person's table: victĭto, 1: v. to live. Phr.: to b. and lodge in a friend's house (without payment), *amici hospitio uti.