Obs. also aboard. [a. Fr. abord approach; f. aborde-r: see prec.]
1. The act of approaching; approach; manner of approach. Cf. Fr. au premier abord.
1611. Cotgr., Arrivée, an arriuall, accesse, abboord, or comming to.
1645. Digby, Nat. Bodies, 253 (L.). He [a blind man] would at the first aboard of a stranger … frame a right apprehension of his stature.
1655. Jennings, Elise, 116. This, at first aboard, astonish’d Cyrilla.
1774. Chesterfield, Lett., 186 (R.). Whether your first abord made that advantageous impression.
2. Way of approach.
1670. Lassels, Voy. Italy, I. 82. I never saw a more stately abord to any Citty then to this [Genoa].
