Definition of larboard Larboard
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What does larboard mean?
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NounPlural: larboards |
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| larboard - the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | ||
| port | ||
| side an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- larboard (n.)
The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard. - larboard (a.)
On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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larboard
The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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larboard
lär′bōrd (by sailors, lab′erd), n. an obsolete naval term for the left side of a ship looking from the stern, now, by command of the Admiralty, replaced by the term port, to prevent the mistakes caused by its resemblance in sound to starboard.—adj. pertaining to the port or left side. [Perh. for a conjectural lade-bord, the lading-side—lade, a load, bord, board, side.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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larboard
babord, a name given by seamen to the left side of a ship, wherein the right and left are apparently determined by the analogy of a ship’s position, on the water, to that of a fish.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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larboard
The left side of a ship, when the spectator's face is towards the bow. The Italians derive starboard from questa borda, "this side," and larboard from, quella borda, "that side;" abbreviated into sta borda and la borda. Their resemblance caused so many mistakes that, by order of the admiralty, larboard is now thrown overboard, and port substituted. "Port the helm" is even mentioned in Arthur Pit's voyage in 1580.
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🔤- larboard, noun, singular of larboards.
- larboard, adjective.
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