box off

English

Verb

box off (third-person singular simple present boxes off, present participle boxing off, simple past and past participle boxed off)

(nautical) To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
To enclose an area and separate it from a larger area by surrounding it in walls.

References

“box”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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