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22 nautical terms (boats, equipment, etc.)
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larboard
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tags: [nautical] [obsolete]
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Definition:an obsolete term for port, i.e. the left side of the ship relative to the captain facing toward the bow (front)
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Sometimes I would put up my sail, and then my business was only to steer, while the ladies gave me a gale with their fans; and, when they were weary, some of their pages would blow my sail forward with their breath, while I showed my art by steering starboard or larboard as I pleased.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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Quick—hurry! I'll hunt the labboard side, you hunt the stabboard. You start at the raft, and—"
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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And now, boy, you stand by. We're near the bit now, and she's too much way on her. Starboard a little—so—steady—starboard—larboard a little—steady—steady!”
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1882)
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The boat made a sharp half turn to larboard, and then shot off in its new direction like a thunderbolt.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2.
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The milkwhite dolphin tossed his mane and, rising in the golden poop the helmsman spread the bellying sail upon the wind and stood off forward with all sail set, the spinnaker to larboard.
James Joyce. Ulysses.
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