hoard out
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
An old-fashioned way of saying to send a child to live and eat with another family.
Literal meaning: To provide board (food and lodging) outside of one's own home — the meaning is historically transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 formal
(Archaic/dialectal) To place a person, especially a child, in another household for lodging and meals.
"During the war, many families hoarded out their children with relatives in the countryside."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
This form is essentially obsolete and is a historical/dialectal variant of 'board out.' Modern learners will almost never encounter it in contemporary texts. Included here for completeness in historical or literary reading.
Commonly used with
child lodger family household
Forms
Base
hoard out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hoards out
he/she/it
Past simple
hoarded out
yesterday
Past participle
hoarded out
have + pp
-ing form
hoarding out
continuous
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