waterboard
verb
- torture by simulated drowning
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).
- A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
- A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.
“The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).
- To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive.
“We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.”