noun · uncountable · rare

larboard

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

UK/ˈlɑːbɔːd/US/ˈlɑɹbɔɹd/

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, uncountable, usually)The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

Origin

From Middle English ladde-bord, latebord, most likely referring to the side of the ship on

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.)

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source