TTWthe side of a ship or aircraft that is on your right when you are facing forwards 〔船或飞机的〕右舷,右侧 → port
—starboardadjectiveadj
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starboard• He would have had to have panicked, turned her starboard against a westward storm.• Another columndashed up her starboard side and carried off her smokestack.• It was now just a hundred yards off our starboardbow.• From the port side depths of seven fathoms were sounded, but only twelve from the starboard side.• The cabin was entered via a door on the starboard side, off the wing-walk.• I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard.• Suddenly young Kettering, who was with me, gave a hail and pointed to starboard.• Up there to starboard, the Bering Seawhipped by arcticgales into choppyswells.
Originstarboard
Old Englishsteorbord, from steor-“oar for steering” + bord“ship's side”