How To Use Larboard In A Sentence
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Its charge of langrage swept the French ship from her larboard bow to her starboard quarter, and struck down in an instant twenty-four men.
Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes
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Walking to larboard, he tipped the bucket over watching the crab sail down the side of Indefatigable, back from whence it came.
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He let out a sigh, tucked the new information aside, and stepped to join the conversation taking place to larboard.
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For the past ten hours Hornblower had overseen the changing of course from the larboard to the starboard tack, seeking to gain the latitude of Gibraltar, then sail straight in on a rhumb line.
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And th 'end was the larboard halyards broke, an' the mare gybed, an 'to Torrington I went before the wind, wi' an unseemly bloody nose.
The Splendid Spur
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Three men were at the back of the cannon ready to push, another two stood by with blocks to put behind the wheels to keep it from rolling back to larboard, and another two stood ready with lengths of lumber to hold the block in place.
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The young woman nodded, and turned away from the larboard.
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We then discovered the sternmost ship wearing also; wore ship immediately after her, and gave her a stern rake, she luffing to on our starboard bow and giving us her larboard broadside.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
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Accordingly we went about-ship, got our larboard tacks on board, set the top-gallant sails, and crowded for the bay of All Saints, where we came to an anchor early in the morning, just out of gunshot of the forts; we furled our sails with rope-yarns, that we might haul home the sheets without going up to loose them, and, lowering our main and fore-yards, looked just as if we had lain there a good while.
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
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If cable-laid, the tails lie aft on the larboard side and forward on the starboard side; shroud-laid the opposite.
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A violent equinoctial gale had come up, which had first staved in a grating and a porthole on the larboard side, and damaged the foretop-gallant-shrouds; in consequence of these injuries, the Orion had run back to Toulon.
Les Miserables
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I should explain that the space under the topgallant forecastle was divided by a bulkhead running fore and aft into parts forming separate cabins, one called the starboard, and the other the larboard berths, with bunks built up on both sides, one above another, or rather, in two stories, to explain myself better.
Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures
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Man the boat, sir, and carry out the kedge, which is still in it, and lay it off here, about three p'ints on our larboard bow.
Jack Tier
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Bowles gave the order to bring the Indy on a northeasterly larboard tack.
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The little grey had evidently thought it was too hot for any thing in his line; but as soon as he noticed any thing like game in his companion, his head went down as usual; and after a little hard running, we brushed by the old fellow, made the requisite heading, wheeled, passing the forker on the larboard quarter, and made the circuit, to his great satisfaction.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
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And then again, I brought to mind that Harry would be a heavy purse the better of sending me to Davy's locker, seeing we had both been just paid off, and got a lot of prize-money to boot; -- and at last (the real red devil having fairly got me helm a-larboard) I argufied with myself that Tom Mills would be as well alive, with Harry Holmes's luck in his pocket, as he could be dead, and _his_ in Harry Holmes's; not to say nothing of taking one's own part, just to keep one's self afloat, if so be Harry let his mind run as mine was running.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4
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On the night of the 6th, a tremendous sea struck her on the stern, stove in all the dead-lights, and washed them into the cabin, lifted the taffrail a foot or more out of its place, carried away the afterpart of the larboard bulwark, shattered the whole of the stern-frame, and washed one of the steersmen away from the wheel.
Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People
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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.
Trafalgar account is rare voice from below decks
