Larboard Definition

lärbərd
adjective
On the port side.
American Heritage

Port.

Webster's New World
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noun

Port.

Webster's New World

(obsolete, nautical) The left side of a ship, looking from the stern; port side.

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Origin of Larboard

  • Alteration (influenced by starboard) of Middle English laddebord perhaps laden to load load borde side of a ship starboard

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English ladebord, referring to the side of the ship on which cargo was loaded. Changed to larboard in the 16th century by association with starboard.

    From Wiktionary

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