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larboard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun larboard has 1 sense
- larboard(n = noun.artifact) port - the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose; Array is a kind of side
Antonym: starboard
Adjective larboard has 1 sense
- larboard(s = adj.all) port - located on the left side of a ship or aircraft; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
larboard, n. [Lar- is of uncertain origin, possibly the same as lower, i. e., humbler in rank, because the starboard side is considered by mariners as higher in rank; cf. D. laag low, akin to E. low. See Board, n. , 8.].
The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard . [1913 Webster]
" Larboard is a nearly obsolete term, having been superseded by port to avoid liability of confusion with starboard, owing to similarity of sound."
[1913 Webster]
larboard, a.
On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
larboard, n. & adj. Naut. archaic = PORT(3).
Etymology
ME lade-, ladde-, lathe- (perh. = LADE + BOARD): later assim. to starboard
ROGET THESAURUS
larboard
Sinistrality
N sinistrality, left, left hand, a gauche, sinister, nearside, larboard, port, left-handed, sinister, sinistral, sinistrorsal, sinistrorse, sinistrous, laevo-, sinistrally, sinistrously.
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