board up

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board up

verb boards up · boarding up · boarded up

  1. transitive To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc. The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.

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verb to block doors or windows with boards

Portuguêsentaipar
Françaisbarricader, condamner
Deutschmit Brettern verrammeln, mit Brettern vernageln

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@misc{board_up_2026,
  title = {board up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/board%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}