[
UK
/stˈɑːbəd/
]
[ US /ˈstɑɹbɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈstɑɹbɝd/ ]
VERB
- turn to the right, of helms or rudders
NOUN
- the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
ADJECTIVE
- located on the right side of a ship or aircraft
How To Use starboard In A Sentence
- He said: ‘The starboard sponson had lifted a foot out of the water and the craft was rolling heavily.’
- Reaching the shrouds hanging from Kaliakra's starboard side, he began his ascent.
- I was helplessly trapped in the cockpit with the aircraft lying on its starboard side.
- Abaft the hatchway was a door on the starboard side which I opened, and found a narrow dark passage. The Frozen Pirate
- All light aircraft maintenance workshops would most certainly have one for synchronizing and timing port and starboard magnetos on piston engines.
- This task being finally accomplished, the ropes were taken off, the sails run up and the two sloops, closehauled to starboard, set about beating off shore. The Black Buccaneer
- In the few seconds available, he dashed to the starboard side and braced himself for the impact. Times, Sunday Times
- Although the vessel was listing to starboard, the skipper continued towards a small island in spite of warnings from the group.
- If cable-laid, the tails lie aft on the larboard side and forward on the starboard side; shroud-laid the opposite.
- He parked alongside some piles of pallets stacked on the quayside which were very close to the bollards to which the starboard mooring lines were secured.