preboard
English
Alternative forms
Verb
preboard (third-person singular simple present preboards, present participle preboarding, simple past and past participle preboarded)
- (transitive) To (allow to) step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance before other people are allowed to board.
- People requiring assistance or extra time will be preboarded.
- 2019 June 19, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Boarding Now: Parents of Children With Food Allergies”, in The New York Times:
- Airlines must permit some parents — or passengers with food allergies themselves — to preboard in order to wipe down seats, federal regulators said. […] All customers with peanut and tree nut allergies are now allowed to preboard and wipe down surfaces, according to an airline spokeswoman.
- (transitive, textiles) To set the shape of (a garment, especially a stocking) by heating on a form or board before dyeing.
Further reading
- “preboard”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “preboard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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