Meaning of enter on the boards | Babel Free
Definitions
To inscribe the name of (a student) on a board or tablet in a college.
UK, archaic, idiomatic, transitive
Examples
“1834, author not stated, possibly Alfred, Lord Tennyson???, Preface to Remains in Verse and Prose of Arthur Henry Hallam having been entered on the boards of Trinity college”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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