aship

English

Etymology

a- +‎ ship

Adverb

aship (not comparable)

  1. (US, dated, rare) On or onto a ship.
    Synonyms: aboard, on board
    Antonym: ashore
    • 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 17, in A Tramp Abroad‎, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, page 154:
      […] it was certainly one of the most exciting and uncomfortable weeks I ever spent, either aship or ashore.
    • 1912, Charles E. Young, chapter 6, in Dangers of the Trail in 1865‎, Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, page 116:
      then the stern line was thrown aship, and the boat was off

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