larboard

(lär′bərd, -bôrd′)

noun

the left-hand side of a ship as one faces forward; port

Origin: ME laddeborde, orig. lading side < OE hladan, to lade + bord, side: sp. infl. by starboard

adjective

on or of this side

See larboard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See port².

adjective

On the port side.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (influenced by starboard)

Origin: of Middle English laddebord

Origin: : perhaps laden, to load; see load

Origin: + borde, side of a ship; see starboard

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