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larboard.

The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑːbɔːd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlabəd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɑɹbɔɹd/General-American/ˈlæbɚd/General-American
  1. The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.

    archaic · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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.)

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