noun
larboard
Larboard (noun) means the left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
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The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
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Etymology
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.)
Rhymes for larboard
board
hoard
aboard
onboard
keyboard
cupboard
outboard
seaboard
backboard
starboard
cardboard
surfboard
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What is the meaning of larboard?
"larboard" (noun) means the left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.