A school in which scholars are boarded as well as taught. Also attrib.
1677. Lond. Gaz., No. 1180/4. In Oxford there is set up a Boarding School for young Gentlewomen (by John Waver, Master in the Art of Dancing).
1713. Swift, Cadenus & V., 767. A blockhead with melodious voice In boarding-schools can have his choice.
1812. Examiner, 28 Dec., 827/1. Every … boarding-school miss.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 30 Aug., 5/1. History treated from the boarding-school point of view.
