fall aboard of (someone or something)

fall aboard of (someone or something)

nautical, obsolete To strike the side of another ship. The two vessels, pitched and tossed as they were by the storm, fell aboard of one another and sank into the cold Atlantic Ocean. That ship is getting awfully close to us, Captain. We might fall aboard of it! If we fall aboard of another ship, and it rips a hole in our side, we're doomed to sink.

See also: aboard, fall, of

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