larboard
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of larboard
1300–50; Middle English laddeborde (perhaps literally, loading side; lade, board ); later larborde (by analogy with starboard )
Example Sentences
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So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2010
On the larboard side of the boat, a huge stone hand was visible just below the water.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
For larboard aft, it would be marked thus—“L. A.”
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
Roily Duckfield was pushing at the starboard pole, Yandry at the larboard.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
I was on the larboard dogwatch this day, and so could observe the positioning of those ships, it appearing that we are preparing for some great action against the town of Norfolk.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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