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noun
The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: port, backboard, leeboard, left
Antonyms: starboard
adjective satellite
located on the left side of a ship or aircraft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: port
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: port
Antonyms: starboard
Broader terms: side
History
From Middle English ladde-bord, latebord, most likely referring to the side of the ship on which cargo was loaded. Changed to larboard in the 1500s by association with starboard. (Texts from the 1500s have spellings like lerbord, leereboord, larboord, corresponding to how they spell sterbord, steereboord, starboord.)
