larboard
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for larboard, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An old term for the left-hand side of a ship, as seen when facing forward; now usually called port.
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From Middle English ladde-bord, latebord, most likely referring to the side of the ship on which cargo was loaded. Changed to larboard in the 1500s by association with starboard. (Texts from the 1500s have spellings like lerbord, leereboord, larboord, corresponding to how they spell sterbord, steereboord, starboord.)
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