society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > come alongside to fight
to board withc1460
boarda1513
to lay (a ship) aboard1569
to clap (a vessel) aboard, on board1583
to lay (a ship) on board1677
to lay close1799
c1460 J. FortescueGovernance of Eng. (1714) 45 All the Kyngs Navye schall not suffice to bord with Caryks, and other grete Schippis.
1622 R. HawkinsObserv. Voiage South Sea xxx. 66 We had taken the Vice-admirall, the first time shee bourded with vs.