Definitions for starboard
ˈstɑr bərd, -ˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrdstar·board

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. starboardadjective

   the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

2. starboardverb

   located on the right side of a ship or aircraft

3. starboardverb

   turn to the right, of helms or rudders

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starboardnoun

   The right hand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Starboard does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.

2. starboardnoun

   One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.

3. Etymology: sterbord, from steorbord, the right side of the boat, making it impractical to put the right side against a pier when in port, hence the left side of the boat became known as the port side. Steering capabilities with such a primitive oar and steering system, would be compromised if it was on the left, as the majority of able seamen were right-handed.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starboardnoun

   Is the right-hand side of the ship, as larboard is the left. John Harris

   Etymology: steorbord , Saxon.

   On shipboard the mariners will not leave their starboard and larboard, because some one accounts it gibrish. John Bramhall.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starboard

   Port and starboard are nautical terms for watercraft and aircraft, referring respectively to the left and right sides of the vessel, when aboard and facing the bow (front). Vessels with bilateral symmetry have left and right halves which are mirror images of each other. One asymmetric feature is where access to a boat, ship, or aircraft is at the side, it is usually only on the port side (hence the name).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starboardverb

   that side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port

2. Starboardadjective

   pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack

3. Starboardverb

   to put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm

4. Etymology: [OE. sterbord, AS. sterbord, i.e., steer board. See Steer, v. t., Board of a vessel, and cf. Larboard.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starboard

   stär′bōrd, n. the right-hand side of a ship, to one looking toward the bow.—adj. pertaining to, or lying on, the right side of a ship. [A.S. steórbord—steór, a rudder, bord, a board, the side of a ship. Cf. Board and Larboard.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starboard

   The opposite of larboard or port; the distinguishing term for the right side of a ship when looking forward [from the Anglo-Saxon stéora-bórd].

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1. • Navigation
   • Steer

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of starboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of starboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of starboard in a Sentence

1. The Chinese ship:

   The Chinese ship illuminated the green laser light twice toward the BRP Malapascua, causing temporary blindness to her crew at the bridge. The Chinese vessel also made dangerous maneuvers by approaching about 150 yards from the vessel’s starboard quarter, the deliberate blocking of the Philippine government ships to deliver food and supplies to our military personnel on board the BRP Sierra Madre is a blatant disregard for, and a clear violation of, Philippine sovereign rights in this part of the West Philippine Sea.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=starboard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Starboard
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=starboard
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starboard
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starboard
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=starboard
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=starboard