to reboard
- verb
- /ˌriːˈbɔːrd/
- Volunteers helped reboard the abandoned house before the storm arrived.
Examples
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The shop owner decided to reboard the entrance after another break-in attempt.
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They need to reboard the windows after the storm.
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After the hurricane, residents had to reboard their windows to protect their homes.
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Please reboard the entrance for security reasons.
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The workers reboarded the building's windows after the storm to ensure it was secure.
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After the fire, the city decided to reboard all of the damaged houses for safety.
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As night fell, they reboarded the doors of the abandoned warehouse to protect it from intruders.
Synonyms
Cover windows or doors with pieces of wood to protect them
To cover the outside of a building with long thin overlapping wooden boards
To cover a wall or surface with wooden boards that overlap at the edges
Antonyms
How Secured
Surface Forms
Morphology
reboard = board (transparent) = re + board
This is ordinary repetitive prefixation: it means to board something up again.
Etymology
Reboard is made of re- 'again' and board 'wooden plank'. This shows the meaning: to cover windows or doors with boards again to protect them.