astarboard

[uh-stahr-berd]

adverb

Nautical.

1. toward or on the starboard side.

Word History and Origins

Origin of astarboard¹

First recorded in 1620–30; a- ¹ + starboard

Example Sentences

"Hard astarboard!" he called down to the quartermaster.

From Project Gutenberg

"She's hard astarboard, sir!" the wheelsman corrected.

From Project Gutenberg

"Hard astarboard," rolled up to the crow's-nest.

From Project Gutenberg

Thereupon he flung N.M.U.'s helm hard astarboard, neatly following the latest zig in the Communist Party zigzag.

From Time Magazine Archive

He ordered the helm hard astarboard and the engines full speed astern.

From Time Magazine Archive