Starboard Definition
stärbərd
noun
The right-hand side of a ship, boat, or airplane as one faces forward.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or on this side.
Webster's New World
Designating a sailing tack on which the wind passes over the starboard side.
Webster's New World
adverb
To or toward the right-hand side as one faces forward.
American Heritage
verb
To move or turn (the helm) to the right.
Webster's New World
(nautical) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel.
To starboard the helm.
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Other Word Forms of Starboard
Noun
Singular:
starboard
Plural:
starboardsOrigin of Starboard
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Middle English sterbord, from Old English stÄ“or (“steer") +"Ž bord (“side (of a ship)"). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English sterbord from Old English stēorbord stēor- a steering stā- in Indo-European roots bord side of a ship
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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