different between coalface vs bord

English

Etymology

From coal +? face.

Noun

coalface (plural coalfaces)

1. (mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
2. (mining) The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine.
3. (figuratively, Britain) A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
   • 2006, Alexandra Walsham, Charitable Hatred: Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700, Manchester University Press ?ISBN

     Works of this kind are necessarily parasitic upon the research of other scholars and I should like to express my gratitude to all those whose hard labour at the coalface has made my own endeavours possible.

   • 2007, Cathy Kelly, Best of Friends, Simon and Schuster ?ISBN, page 40

     Lizzie had paid her own dues at the coalface of teething babies and gave the young mother an understanding grin in return.

   • 2010, Emma Kennedy, The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Random House ?ISBN, page 105

     However, my mother, who had been at the coalface of the marital collapse, felt the need to have an in-depth debrief.

   • 2010, Alison Walsh, In My Mother's Shoes, Pan Macmillan ?ISBN

     But we both know that all of this wonderful equilibrium comes at a cost: there is the tacit understanding that it's my turn to pursue my dreams whilst my husband slogs at the coalface.

4. (figuratively, Britain) Where practical work is done, as opposed to theoretical or managerial work.
   • 2006, Anne Bamford, The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education, Waxmann Verlag ?ISBN, page 57

     While schools were seen to be at the coalface of administering arts education, teachers, artists and children were rarely consulted in relation to the development of arts education policy.

   • 2010, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Exporting out of recession: third report of session 2009-10. Oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office ?ISBN, page 20

     By all means look at streamlining systems, look at changing the way that you produce public services for sure, but please do not cut at the coalface. That goes for a teacher, it goes for a policeman and it goes for a nurse.

   • 2011, Fiona O'Loughlin, Me of the Never Never: The chaotic life and times of Fiona O'Loughlin, Hachette UK ?ISBN

     I wondered which next superstar I might have the privilege of seeing live at the coalface of stardom in Hollywood.

Holonyms

• coal seam

Related terms

• chalkface
• code face
• faceworker

See also

• salt mine
• shopfloor

Translations

English

Etymology 1

See board.

Noun

bord (plural bords)

1. Obsolete form of board. [11th–17th c.]
2. Obsolete form of bourd. [14th–17th c.]

Alternative forms

• bourde

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bord (plural bords)

1. (mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.

Anagrams

• rob'd

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

1. A bastard

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bord (“board”).

Noun

bord m (plural bordys)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) A table

   Synonym: moos

Derived terms

• bord gwynn

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo??r/, [?b?o???], [?b?o???]
• Rhymes: -o???
• Homophone: bor

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burd?, cognate with English board, German Bord.

Noun

bord n (singular definite bordet, plural indefinite borde, or (in the sense “plank”) bord)

1. A table, desk
2. A plank (in a ship)

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bord

1. imperative of borde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bort, from Old Dutch *bort, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burd?. Doublet of boord (“board of a ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rt/
• Hyphenation: bord
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

bord n (plural borden, diminutive bordje n)

1. A plate, dish (cutlery)
2. A plank, board (as in "blackboard" (see schoolbord) or as in "chessboard" (see schaakbord))
3. A sign (traffic, etc.)

Derived terms

Related terms

• berd

French

Etymology

From Old French bord, from Frankish *bord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

1. A border, edge, limit ; boundary
2. A side
3. A rim
4. A shore.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: borda

Further reading

• “bord” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Alternative forms

• bórd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bord (“border, board”) (compare Manx boayrd, Scottish Gaelic bòrd), from Old English bord (“plank, table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?o???d??/
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /b??u??d??/

Noun

bord m (genitive singular boird, nominative plural boird or borda)

1. A board
   1. table

      Synonym: (Ulster) tábla

2. A board, panel (of experts, etc.), council
3. (topography) border
4. (nautical) board, side
5. gunwale
6. deck
7. load

Declension

• Alternative plural form: borda (used in certain prepositional phrases)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "bord" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bord”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “bord” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bord” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bord.

Alternative forms

• borde, boorde, boord, burd, bourd, bourde, burde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??rd/, /bo?rd/, /b?rd/

Noun

bord (plural bordes or borden)

1. A board or slab (usually of wood)
2. A piece of wood for writing upon.
3. A table (especially one used for craftsmanship).
   1. (religion) An altar; a table used for religious purposes.
   2. A dining table or its surface.
4. A serving or helping of food and drink; nourishment.
5. A seafaring vessel; a boat.
6. The direction a boat is headed in.
7. A shield (board of protective armour).

Derived terms

• borden
• bordcloth
• cuppeborde

Descendants

• English: board
• Scots: buird, brod
• Yola: borde

References

• “b??rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.

Etymology 2

Noun

bord

1. Alternative form of bourde

Etymology 3

Verb

bord

1. Alternative form of bourden

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse borð.

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

1. (Jersey, nautical) board (side of a ship)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borð

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu??/; IPA^(key): /bu??/
• Homophones: bol; bor

Noun

bord n (definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord or border, definite plural borda or bordene)

1. A table (furniture)
2. A wooden board; plank

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borde (“border, edge, hem”), possibly from Old Saxon *borda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bord/

Noun

bord m (definite singular borden, indefinite plural border, definite plural bordene)

1. border (decorative strip)

References

• “bord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borð

Noun

bord n (definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord, definite plural borda)

1. (furniture) A table
2. A wooden board; plank

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• borde

Noun

bord m (definite singular borden, indefinite plural bordar, definite plural bordane)

1. border (decorative strip)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burd?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bord/, [bor?d]

Noun

bord n

1. A board, plank

   Synonym: b?am

2. A table
3. A shield
4. The side of a ship; (by extension) the ship itself
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

Declension

Synonyms

• bred

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Cornish: bord
• Middle English: bord
  • English: board
  • Scots: buird
  • Yola: borde
• ? Old Irish: bord
  • Middle Irish: bord
    • Irish: bord
    • Manx: boayrd
    • Scottish Gaelic: bòrd
• ? Middle Welsh: bort
  • Welsh: bord
• ? Middle Welsh: bwrd
  • Welsh: bwrdd

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burd?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu??/

Noun

bord n

1. A table (a piece of furniture)
2. (nautical) A plank used in the side of a hull

Declension

Derived terms

References

• bord in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bort, from Old English bord (“board”); doublet of bwrdd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rd/

Noun

bord f (plural bordydd)

1. (South Wales) table (item of furniture)
2. food and drink, hospitality, sustenance
3. (nautical) side (of a ship)

Synonyms

• bwrdd

Derived terms

• y Ford Gron (“the Round Table”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bord”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies