shipboard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship
    • shipboard romances

WordNet

Ship"board` noun
Etymology
Ship + board. See Board, n., 8
Definitions
  1. A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.

Webster 1913