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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See port2.
  2. adj. On the port side.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nautical, that side of a ship which is on the left hand of a person facing the bow: opposed to starboard, the right-hand side. The term is now obsolescent, the word port having been officially substituted in order to avoid confusion, in hearing orders, with the opposite but like-sounding starboard.
  2. Of or pertaining to the left-hand side of a ship; port: as, the larboard quarter.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete, nautical The left side of a ship, looking from the stern; port side.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
  2. adj. On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. located on the left side of a ship or aircraft
  2. n. the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English ladebord, referring to the side of the ship on which cargo was loaded. Changed to larboard in the 16th century by association with starboard. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration (influenced by starboard) of Middle English laddebord : perhaps laden, to load; see load + borde, side of a ship; see starboard. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • dailyword This word was used in the "Master And Commander" movie. Aug 18, 2012

  • knitandpurl "Once, in the middle of dessert, he attacked Pimento with a carving knife he had tucked away in his belt. 'Avast! Pirates larboard. Repel boarders,' he shouted, lunging at the surprised man's throat, just as some lemon sherbet was coolly passing down it."
    -Tintin in the New World by Frederic Tuten, pp 75-76 Jul 9, 2008

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