deboard, v. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. /ˌdiːˈbɔːd/, U.S. /ˌdiˈbɔ(ə)rd/
[‹ de- prefix + board v.]
1. a. trans. To get off (a train, aeroplane, etc.); to disembark from.
| 1960 Washington Post 28 Feb. e1/2 Sorry you got stuck with my hat in deboarding Eastern Airlines flight 614. 1981 Yale Law Jrnl. 90 1743 If a passenger was injured while boarding or deboarding a moving railroad car, the California Court,..ruled that it was not necessarily negligent. 1998 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 June 19 (cartoon) It's time to deboard the plane when you see the navigator poring over a road map. 2002 T. Mirll Children & Fools iv. 73 A group of college kids..had also deboarded the train and stood on the platform near us. |
b. intr. To get off a train, aeroplane, etc.; to disembark.
| 1962 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. xx. 5/1 Wait at Idlewild, boarding plane..48 [minutes]... Flight Idlewild—London..370... Bus ride to East London Air Terminal..40... Deboarding and waiting for taxi..11. 1981 Yale Law Jrnl. 90 1744 As for the passenger who failed to look ahead while deboarding, the New Hampshire Court specified that if she was in a ‘flustered state of..mind’ because the railroad had overshot its station, a jury finding of no contributory negligence was appropriate. 1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 21 June 25 About 600 passengers from three stranded inbound trains were forced to deboard and trudge through the steamy tunnel. 2005 J. Barnes Duke of Uraniam iv. 92 Everyone on board will deboard now. |
2. trans. To remove from a train, aeroplane, etc.; to allow (passengers) to disembark.
| 1961 Alaskan & Hawaiian Transportation (U.S. Govt. Print Office) 220 The motor carriers freight is, by railroad policy, deboarded last and must be unloaded, and then reloaded on the trucks. 1965 Helicopter Air Service Program (Hearings U.S. Senate Commerce Comm.) 300 The cost of boarding and deboarding the passenger is the major cost of the trip regardless of what distance is covered. 1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 13 Oct. The ferry..pulls briefly into the port of Ithaca to deboard a few passengers with their cars. 1996 Jrnl. Commerce (Nexis) 7 Aug. 1 a, Once you've landed, you've got to park your plane and deboard your passengers. |