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boarding
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in hockey and box lacrosse, the act or practice of bodychecking an opponent into the boards bordering the playing area.
Quotations
1962
Duff . . . received a five-minute penalty for boarding.
1963
They [the penalties] covered, at a glance: fighting, cross-checking, tripping, elbowing, hooking, holding, charging, spearing, high-sticking, butt-ending and boarding.