STARBOARD Definition & Meaning

starboard

[stahr-berd, -bawrd, -bohrd]

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noun

the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.

adjective

of or pertaining or located to the starboard.

adverb

toward the right side.

verb (used with or without object)

to turn (the helm) to starboard.

starboard

/ ˈstɑːbəd, -ˌbɔːd /

noun

the right side of an aeroplane or vessel when facing the nose or bow Compare port 2

adjective

relating to or on the starboard

verb

to turn or be turned towards the starboard

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of starboard¹

before 900; Middle English sterbord (noun), Old English ��ŧ�ǰ��ǰ��, equivalent to ��ŧ�ǰ� steering ( steer ¹ ) + bord side ( board )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of starboard¹

Old English ��ŧ�ǰ�bord , literally: steering side, from ��ŧ�ǰ� steering paddle + bord side; see _steer ¹ , board; from the fact that boats were formerly steered by a paddle held over the right-hand side

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"The hull starboard was scratched and a certain amount of seawater flowed into the stern section," the agency said.

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"There was no indication of flooding inside Bayesian until water came in over the starboard rails and, within seconds, entered the internal spaces down the stairwells," the report says.

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"I noticed during a routine check that water had gotten into my starboard engine," he said.

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Unable to recover, the main rotor blades then struck the ground and the helicopter ultimately crashed on its starboard side approximately 20m from the point of lift-off.

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Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island.

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Stara Zagora starburst

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