aport

American  

[uh-pawrt, uh-pohrt] / əˈpɔrt, əˈpoʊrt /

adverb

Nautical.

1. on or toward the port side.

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aport British  

/ əˈpɔːt /

adverb

1. nautical on or towards the port side

   with the helm aport

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Etymology

Origin of aport

First recorded in 1620–30; a- ¹ + port ²

Example Sentences

The next day saw us completing our passage of Grenville Channel and turning hard aport into Verney Passage, then to starboard into Ursula Channel for a stop at the hot springs opposite Gribbell Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prow which was to have crushed us was only about three meters distant when the tug was thrown hard aport, so that it hit only the air.

From The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative by Spiegel, E.

"I therefore put my helm hard aport and the two ships met and rammed each other, port bow to port bow."

From Sea Warfare by Kipling, Rudyard

Ouillette saw there was only one way to save his boat and the lives she carried, and, putting the wheel hard aport, for the port chain held, he ran her on the rocks.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland

The quartermaster at the wheel will not leave until after having put it hard aport, and lashed it so; he will then jump overboard.

From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James