- Formerly,
larboard was
often used
instead of port. This is from
Middle English ladebord and the term lade is
related to the
modern load.
Larboard sounds...
- the
starboard tack has a
right to keep her course, and the one on the
larboard tack must give way or be
answerable for the consequences. So when two vessels...
-
Spanish vessels.
Captain opened fire with her
larboard broadside, and then put the helm over and
hooked her
larboard cat-head with the
starboard quarter of San...
- item to
prevent loss or is used to
operate something by
pulling on it.
larboard An
obsolete term for the left side of a ship.
Derived from "lay-board"...
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Larboard side of the
Tianhe core module) 17.9 m (59 ft) 4.2 m (14 ft) ~23,000 kg...
-
under Captain Pulteney Malcolm, was seen
approaching from the
south on the
larboard tack with a
moderate breeze from northwest-by-north and
steered directly...
- "I'm on th' high seas, as any fool can see," Sam
countered ... "Your
larboard boat is missing" ... "Captain has it" ... "I am
going to
board your ship...
- bar The mate
knocked me down with the end of a spar. It's
starboard and
larboard on deck you will
sprawl For
Kicking Jack
Williams commands the
Black Ball...
-
Nautical terms for
elements of a vessel:
starboard (right-hand side), port or
larboard (left-hand side),
forward or fore (frontward), aft or
abaft (rearward)...
- and also rela**** messages.
Watches were kept all day long.
There was a
larboard (left side)
watch and a
starboard (right side) watch; the quartermaster...