Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abord

Abord ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French]

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. — Chesterfield

Abord ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[French aborder, à (Latin ad) + bord rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board.]

To approach; to accost. [Obsolete] — Digby