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starboard

[ UK /stˈɑːbəd/ ]
[ US /ˈstɑɹbɝd/ ]
VERB
  1. turn to the right, of helms or rudders
NOUN
  1. the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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.
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