starboard

Related topics: Water

star·board /ˈstɑːbəd $ ˈstɑːrbərd/ noun [uncountableU]

TTWthe side of a ship or aircraft that is on your right when you are facing forwards 〔船或飞机的〕右舷，右侧 → port

—starboard adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

starboard• He would have had to have panicked, turned her starboard against a westward storm.• Another column dashed up her starboard side and carried off her smokestack.• It was now just a hundred yards off our starboard bow.• From the port side depths of seven fathoms were sounded, but only twelve from the starboard side.• The cabin was entered via a door on the starboard side, off the wing-walk.• I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard.• Suddenly young Kettering, who was with me, gave a hail and pointed to starboard.• Up there to starboard, the Bering Sea whipped by arctic gales into choppy swells.

Origin starboard

Old English steorbord, from steor- “oar for steering” + bord “ship's side”

单词	starboard
释义	starboard Related topics: Water star·board /ˈstɑːbəd $ ˈstɑːrbərd/ noun [uncountableU] TTWthe side of a ship or aircraft that is on your right when you are facing forwards 〔船或飞机的〕右舷，右侧 → port —starboard adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus starboard• He would have had to have panicked, turned her starboard against a westward storm.• Another column dashed up her starboard side and carried off her smokestack.• It was now just a hundred yards off our starboard bow.• From the port side depths of seven fathoms were sounded, but only twelve from the starboard side.• The cabin was entered via a door on the starboard side, off the wing-walk.• I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard.• Suddenly young Kettering, who was with me, gave a hail and pointed to starboard.• Up there to starboard, the Bering Sea whipped by arctic gales into choppy swells. Origin starboard Old English steorbord, from steor- “oar for steering” + bord “ship's side”
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