became destroyed, ruined. From the
nautical defini tion of boards meaning "the sides of a
ship," so literally meaning going over the
ship's side. The Japanese
government went by the boards be
cause there was a riot.
-Handling ARC Breaks (28 May 63) was completely destroyed or gone for good; became forgotten about. From the
term thrown overboard When a
ship's
mast is carried away it is said "to go by the
board,"
board here meaning the
ship's side. Badly organized
group, but it nevertheless was organized to some slight degree and so could take down the products of the
Sun King, and
vast history and
France, the
court language of the
world and so forth, all went by the boards.
disappeared forever. From the
nautical definition of boards meaning "the sides of a
ship," so literally meaning going over the
ship's side. There's one of the most famous bootmakers in
England-Peel-went by the boards the other
day.