starboard

starboard

English

Etymology

From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer +‎ board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). 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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹbɚd/

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Noun

starboard (plural starboards)

1. The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

   I see another vessel off the starboard side.

   We're on starboard tack, so the other boat has to give way.

   Synonym: right

   Antonyms: port, backboard, larboard, leeboard, left

2. (nautical) One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.

Translations

right hand side of a vessel

Bulgarian: щирборд (bg) m (štirbord) Catalan: estribord (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 右舷 (zh) (yòuxián) Czech: pravobok (cs) m Danish: styrbord (da) Dutch: stuurboord (nl) n Erzya: витьвенчире (vitʹvenčire) Esperanto: tribordo Finnish: tyyrpuuri (fi), styyrpuuri (fi) French: tribord (fr) m Georgian: მარჯვენა ქიმი (marǯvena kimi), მარჯვენა ბორტი (marǯvena borṭi) German: Steuerbord (de) n Greek: δεξιά πλευρά πλοίου f (dexiá plevrá ploíou) Icelandic: stjórnborði m Irish: deasbhord m Italian: tribordo (it) m, dritta (it) f Japanese: 右舷 (ja) (うげん, ugen) Korean: 우현 (uhyeon) Maori: matau, matau Norman: tribord m Norwegian: Bokmål: styrbord (no) Nynorsk: styrbord Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق‎ (sancak) Polish: sterburta (pl) f Portuguese: boreste (pt); estibordo (pt) m Romanian: tribord (ro) n Russian: пра́вый борт m (právyj bort) Scottish Gaelic: bòrd-beulaibh m Spanish: estribor (es) m Swedish: styrbord (sv) n Tagalog: estribor Turkish: sancak (tr) Welsh: starbord m

Verb

starboard (third-person singular simple present starboards, present participle starboarding, simple past and past participle starboarded)

1. (nautical, transitive) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel.

   to starboard the helm

Translations

to put to the right

Maori: hao Turkish: sancak (tr)

See also

• starboard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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