Dictionary Entry
The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
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Poetry examples for “starboard”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →" Go on ! " 'twas all he said —
Our helm was put to starboard,
And the Hartford passed ahead.
Read full poem →"Why, what hope or chance have ships like these to pass?" laughed they:
"Rocks to starboard, rocks to port, all the passage scarred and scored,
Shall the '_Formidable_' here, with her twelve and eighty guns
Read full poem →"Why, what hope or chance have ships like these to pass?" laughed they:
"Rocks to starboard, rocks to port, all the passage scarred and scored,
Shall the '_Formidable_' here, with her twelve and eighty guns