Example Sentences
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The steersman starboarded the helm, and the Swift went off at an angle to her former course, whilst the canister, on reaching the water, flared out in a brilliant blaze in the ship’s former wake.
From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest
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 Fenn, George Manville
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 Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)
Nevertheless he gave orders for the helm to be starboarded.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
I starboarded hard away from him, he swinging as we did.
From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew
