单词 | astarboard |
释义 | astarboardadv. Nautical. To, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel (or occasionally an aircraft). See also hard-a-starboard at hard adv. 6b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adverb] > on or to starboard astarboard1495 starboard1600 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Devettes stondyng at the louffelawes oon asterborde an other a latheborde. 1557 R. Copland tr. P. Garcie Rutter of See (new ed.) sig. Avii Ye must go northward, & bere the poynt of the nedle some what a stere borde. 1582 R. Madox Diary 5 Apr. in E. S. Donno Elizabethan in 1582 (1976) 103 Leaving Oze Edge and the Mowsetayle a star bowrd and the Showbeacon aport. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 39/2 Making them both to beare vp, the one aport, and the other a starbord. 1686 T. D'Urfey Common-wealth of Women ii. i. 11 Steer her a Starboard there. 1747 London Mag. June 276/1 The Commander of the Pembroke hail'd the Bristol, and bid her put her Helm a-starboard. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 19 The helm a-starboard flies. 1809 L. de Tousard Amer. Artillerist's Compan. II. xiv. 409 Two signal lanterns are placed on the foretop deck,..one astarboard, the other alarboard. 1878 Daily News 18 Sept. 2/3 The helm was put hard astarboard to counteract the effects of the tide on the port bow. 1912 C. E. Walk Time Lock vi. 82 A vagrant puff heeled him perilously astarboard. 1942 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 25 Apr. 12/6 Our vessels listed sharply as the captain ordered all hands astarboard. 2010 A. Johnson Vow of Deception xv. 181 ‘Helm astarboard,’ Jason repeated, then shifted the helm to starboard, the rudder moved opposite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1495 |
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