Lexicon of Maritime Terms / Academic Linguistic Glossaries

• Boarding — An attack executed at sea by forcing a vessel alongside an enemy ship and securing it to allow the crew to board and capture it through hand-to-hand combat; a mechanical collision, whether intentional or accidental, between two moving vessels on a navigable waterway; (figurative, modern sense) a sudden, direct, or bold approach toward a person in order to secure a favor, information, or an immediate interaction.