E: 01/10 Triple Knot Magnifying Glass

kisto

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Triple Knot Magnifying Glass
This months prize is this high quality Celtic magnifying glass.

3" magnifying glass
Ideal for those (like me) who find it increasingly difficult to read the small print! With intracate Celtic knotwork design on the handle.

RRP: £32.75

The expression 'above board' is used to express legality nowadays but has it's history in naval tradition. What was it's original meaning?

stowing cargo on decks for customs officials (Is it this one? )
prisoners below decks those above good
keeping your playing cards above the table

polly5

I think that is right, it means above deck and in plain view

POLO_BINT

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I think it is

"KEEPING YOUR PLAYING CARDS ABOVE THE TABLE"

REFERENCE CLICKY

also

above-board - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

Aboveboard \A*bove"board`\, adv.
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without
trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard."
--Burke.
[1913 Webster]

Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been
borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their
cards, put their hands under the table.
[1913 Webster]

kisto

I found this:

Above Board -
Anything on or above the open deck. If something is open and in plain view, it is above board.

Source: http://www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html

But then this too:

Above board
Something that is above board is done honestly, without concealment. 'Board' here is the old word for 'table', as in 'sideboard'. The whole expression was originally a gambling term: when playing, one was expected to keep one's hands 'above the board' to avoid suspicions of cheating.

Source: http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayings.htm

So still not sure!

POLO_BINT

ok - so now I am REALLY confused!

Just re-ead the question thoroughly which it is asking us

"The expression 'above board' is used to express legality nowadays but has it's history in naval tradition. What was it's original meaning?"

upon searching it means neither of th two we say it is but if we go by "naval tradition history" it actually means ....

reference

Above Board

The term today means someone who is honest, forthright. It's origin comes from the days when pirates would masquerade as honest merchantmen, hiding most of their crew behind the bulwark (side of the ship on the upper deck). They hid below the boards.


So I would go for the middle answer now then lol

toniq

Kisto i re-read the q, and it says specifically about naval tradition, i believe you guessed right , from looking at this xxx
That is off the royal navy site xxx
u need to scroll down to this xxxALL FAIR AND ABOVE BOARDA commonly used expression of nautical origin meaning "Utterly fairnothing hidden". Things "above board" were on or above the upper deck and so open for all to see.

POLO_BINT

As the website running the draw is called "PirateNation" I am prone to stick with the Answer and explanation I gave in post #4


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