starboard
noun
the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
starboarded
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past participleof starboard.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof starboard.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
starboardnounthe right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
Example Sentences
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Knowing that this cutter had no right to be within a line drawn between the Lizard and Prawl Point, the Fisgard starboarded her helm and went in pursuit.
From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton
The helm of the barque was starboarded; but it was too late.
From Windjammers and Sea Tramps by Walter Runciman
He starboarded his helm and swung round after the rest of the convoy, his ship shaking to successive explosions as more escorting vessels arrived at the spot where he had turned.
From H.M.S. —— by John Graham Bower
Nevertheless he gave orders for the helm to be starboarded.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
They starboarded or ported their helm, tacked through a crowd, or wore the ship round, in a most amusing way.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn
