preboardingn.2adj.
/priːˈbɔːdɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈbɔrdɪŋ/ A. n.2
The action or practice of allowing certain categories of passengers to board an aeroplane before the main body of passengers. Also: the period preceding the boarding of passengers on to an aeroplane or other form of transport; the processing of passengers and their luggage during this period.
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1957 N.Y. Times 20 Jan. x. 27/5 The duties of the staff..are to solve such problems as missed connections, misplaced baggage, preboarding of the aged or ill, [etc.].
1975 D. F. Shackleton Tommy Douglas (1983) x. 152 TCA called Tommy and me for pre-boarding.
1995 L. Johnson Girls in Back of Class (1996) 289 When the attendant announced preboarding, I made sure that Raul had his ticket.
2004 Commerc. Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 18 Nov. c1 The Transportation Security Administration allows 16-ounce cans. Anything larger is going to be taken from your checked luggage... ‘It's going to make preboarding much more complicated.’
B. adj.
Occurring prior to the boarding of an aeroplane or other form of transport; required before boarding.
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1968 Econ. Geogr. 44 287/1 By contrast [with airlines], preboarding procedures at railway terminals take only moments, because tickets are inspected enroute and luggage need not be checked.
1977 Time 28 Nov. 29/2 There were no incidents more serious than flight delays..caused by Lufthansa's preboarding passenger inspections.
2004 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 Oct. c6 Russian airline passengers..confronted a preboarding ritual that would have been old hat to post-Sept. 11 travelers in America as they peeled off watches, belts and shoes to comply with tough, new screening requirements.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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