box off

English

Verb

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

1. (nautical) To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
2. 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.