starboardn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːbəd/,

/ˈstɑːbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrˌbɔrd/

Forms:

α. Old English steorbord, Middle English sterborde, Middle English sterebourde, Middle English stereburde, Middle English–1500s sterbord, 1500s stereborde, 1500s–1600s steereboard, 1500s–1600s steereboord, 1600s stereboard; Scottish pre-1700 Stireboard, pre-1700 steirbuird, pre-1700 steirbuirde, pre-1700 steirburd, pre-1700 steirburde, pre-1700 sterbord, pre-1700 stereburd.

β. 1500s starbowrd, 1500s–1600s starboord, 1500s–1600s starbourd, 1500s–1600s starrebord, 1500s–1600s starreborde, 1500s–1700s starbord, 1600s starborde, 1600s starbur, 1600s stareboard, 1600s starrboard, 1600s starrboord, 1600s– starboard, 1800s– starb'd.

Also represented by the abbreviations starbd, starbd. (with point).

Origin: Apparently a word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Apparently cognate with or formed similarly to early modern Dutch stierbord (1588 in Kiliaan, although earlier currency may be implied by borrowings into French (see below); Dutch stuurboord ), Middle Low German stūrbort < the Germanic base of steer n.² + the Germanic base of board n. Compare (with a related first element: see stern n.³) Old Icelandic stjórnborði. Compare also ( < Middle Low German) early modern German stiurbort, stierport (1480; German Steuerbord), Swedish styrbord (17th cent.), Danish styrbord (already in early modern Danish). Compare ( < a Germanic language, probably Dutch) Middle French destrebord (1484), stribort (1486; French tribord), also ( < Middle French) Spanish estribor (first half of the 16th cent.), Portuguese estibordo (15th cent. as estribordo), and further ( < one of the other Romance languages) Italian †stribordo (16th cent., rare).This side of the ship was so called with reference to the single side rudders used in early Germanic ships, which were typically suspended on the right side of the vessel (for comfortable use by a right-handed helmsman). For the opposing side compare back-board n. 1, and later larboard n. and port n.⁶ The absence of evidence for West Germanic forms (other than Old English) before the 15th cent. probably reflects a gap in the record, as side rudders went out of common use in the 13th cent., making it unlikely for the word to have been independently formed in several languages in the later Middle Ages. The 16th-cent. Dutch form †stierbord may also suggest an early formation, and this form is reflected earlier in the vowel of the Romance borrowings; some West Germanic forms apparently show remodelling of the first element after the contemporary forms of the cognates of steer n.² The modern standard English form starboard reflects shortening of the vowel of the first element before a consonant group, followed by late Middle English lowering of er to ar (with subsequent lengthening in non-rhotic varieties); the adoption of this form in general use indicates that the composition of the word had become opaque. The form starb'd reflects a reduced pronunciation in nautical language (compare e.g. bosun n. and the β. forms at rowlock n.¹).

Originally Nautical.

A. n.

The side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft which is on the right when it is facing forward. Frequently in to (also †on) starboard: on or towards the right side (cf. astarboard adv., hard-a-starboard at hard adv. 6b). Opposed to port or (in earlier use) back-board, larboard.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > starboard

starboardeOE

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > specific side

starboard1909

eOE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 14 He..let him ealne weg þæt weste land on ðæt steorbord & þa widsæ on ðæt bæcbord þrie dagas.

OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Weonoðland him wæs on steorbord, & on bæcbord him wæs Langaland.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3665 (MED) So stowttly þe forsterne one þe stam hyttis Þat stokkes of þe stere-burde strykkys in peces.

1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvi. 6 Se that hir hatchis be handlit richt, W^t steirburd, baburd, luf and lie.

1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B2 Two on her larboord, and two on her starboord.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. viii. 312 He..ordered it so, that with two takles hee might steere the Hoy either to Starboard, or to Port.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 16 When we were got out to Sea, we bore away to the starboard.

1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal iii. 36 Ne'er a Commission-Officer in our Ship could tell Starbord from Larboard.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 34 Brace fore and aft to starboard ev'ry yard.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 183 We, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iii. 48 If to your starboard red appear, It is your duty to keep clear.

1909 F. T. Jane All World's Air-ships 142 Motor-3-cylinder 10–12 h.p. Buchet, mounted directly on the lower plane, a little to starboard of centre line.

1964 Boating July 56/2 Soon there was Old Man River,..with Island number 526 on the starboard.

2007 J. Dennis Rise of Destroyer xvi. 167 The Combatant's Battle Group peeled off from the main fleet, rolling to starboard and dropping down towards the approaching moon's southern hemisphere.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or situated on the right side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adjective] > starboard

starboard1495

sternboard1588

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [adjective] > specific side of aircraft

port1917

starboard1917

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Sterborde Bowers—j, Latheborde Bowers—j.

1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 91 The said shippe..dydd hange..soo violentle upon starreborde sydd of the said shippe..that the cable..dydd breake.

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Gij Fellowes..that..knew..what belongs to haling of bolings yare, and falling on the star-boord buttocke.

1626 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Revived (1628) 21 One [pinnace] on the starboord bough, the other on the starboord quarter..forthwith boarded her.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Give him our Starboard Broad-side.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. May 247/1 We..began to form the line on the starboard tack.

1798 R. W. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cliv We wore gradually round..till we brought the wind on the starboard beam.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. iii. 27 He flogged the whole starboard watch.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. i. 18 The Starboard Columns of a formation [of ships] are the alternate Columns, commencing from the right.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxvii Who gave us that piece of advice about choosing a starboard berth.

1917 R. B. Matthews Aviation Pocket-bk. vi. 164 The leading edges of the port and starboard top wing should be in a straight line.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 61 ‘Which is the boffin?’..‘Sitting on the starboard side, near the front.’

2013 C. Collie Reporter & Warlords i. 10 The convention worldwide is that a vessel on a starboard tack has right of way.

C. adv.

To, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft.

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

1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 566 They..came vpon our quarter star-boord.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 224 Larboard now The reeling tree, then starboard, forc't to bow.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop v. 31 They fired Starboard and Larboard, and made a good Defence for a great while.

1824 W. Knibb Jrnl. 22 Nov. in J. H. Hinton Mem. W. Knibb (1847) iii. 35 The captain feared that she would run ashore, and tacked starboard and larboard in order to prevent it.

1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. i. 4 Starboard rose black Ithaca, fronting the black mountain of Cephalonia.

1927 H. W. Prescott Devel. Virgil's Art 43 Regardless whether the wind blew starboard, port, or astern.

1948 Motor Boating Feb. 87/1 Two alternate fishing chairs port and starboard.

2011 H. E. Wasdin & S. Templin SEAL Team Six ii. 16 The loadmaster told the pilot to adjust the nose of the aircraft 5 degrees starboard.

Compounds

starboard watch n. Nautical one of the two watches (watch n. 18a) into which the officers and crew of a vessel are typically divided; cf. port watch n. at port n.⁶ and adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 The Master being chiefe of the Starboord watch doth call one, and his right hand Mate on the Larboord doth call another.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Tribordais, starbowlines; a cant term for the starboard-watch.

1853 Times 10 Feb. 8/5 The starboard watch, and the first part of the port watch, have had 14 days' leave.

1953 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower & Atropos xvi. 228 Port watch wins!.. Starboard watch provides the entertainment tomorrow night!

2008 Sherbrooke (Quebec) Record (Nexis) 27 Aug. 8 He was..a rescue diver for starboard watch for man overboard emergencies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

starboardv.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːbəd/,

/ˈstɑːbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrˌbɔrd/

Forms: see starboard n., adj., and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: starboard n.

Etymology: < starboard n. Compare earlier port v.³

Nautical.

1. transitive. To turn (the helm of a vessel) towards the starboard side, causing the vessel to turn to port.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (transitive)] > work the rudder > turn helm or tiller to specific position

port1580

starboard1605

to right the (also one's) helm1627

leea1668

to up with1860

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 328 He hailes vs threatfully, Star-boord our helme.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 37 Starboord the Helme, is to put the Helme a Starboord, then the ship will goe to the Larboord.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They say Starboard the Helm, when it is to be put to the Right side of the Ship.

1759 London Mag. Nov. 619/1 We then immediately starboarded our helm, and ran right down upon her.

1834 W. Leggett Naval Stories 28 Starboard your helm, quarter-master!

1888 Times 23 Aug. 8/6 A red light is always a signal not to starboard the helm.

1933 Motor Boating Jan. 45 You mustn't forget that to starboard your helm will make your bow go to port.

1978 Times 2 Sept. 12/5 The collision was caused by the Princess Alice starboarding her helm when she should have continued under port helm.

2011 D. Weber How Firm a Found. iii. 32 ‘Starboard your helm!’ he heard himself bark.

2. intransitive. Originally: to turn the helm of a vessel to the starboard side, thus causing it to turn to port. In later use usually: to turn or steer a vessel to starboard. Also of a vessel: to turn to starboard. Often as a command. Cf. hard-a-starboard v.In quot. 1746 in figurative context.Before the last quarter of the 19th cent., an order to ‘starboard’ meant ‘put the helm to starboard’, so that the vessel would turn to port. By 1900, it was more common to give orders in terms of the vessel itself; an order to ‘starboard’ therefore usually meaning ‘turn the ship to starboard’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (intransitive)] > use tiller in specific manner

starboard1612

to steady the helm1874

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. E^v Whoes at Helme? beare vp hard: and hard vp: and thou beest a man beare vp; Star-borde, Port-agein: off with your Drablers, and your Banners.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 19 Starboard, the Chase pays away more room, Starboard hard;..Stereboard hard.

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 141 Look to your Ship then, hard at Helm, Starboard, or else we overwhelm.

1746 Fool (1748) I. 199 The Fool, who is the Quarter-master of the State, and obliged almost every Moment to call Starboard, or Port.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 40 ‘Starboard again!’ her head now eastward turns.

1884 Capt. Pollard in Western Morning News 2 Aug. 8/1 The course which the Valiant was steering before starboarding was south-west.

1918 North-China Herald 20 Apr. 158/1 The Hsinfung again starboarded about half a point.

1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Jan. He was porting and starboarding and doing everything but making a good run at it.

2004 E. V. Bunkše Geogr. & Art of Life v. 97 The canoe started to turn broadside to the flow of water. ‘Starboard, Harry, starboard!’ shouted Milt.

Derivatives

ˈstarboarding n. now rare

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [noun] > use of helm > turning helm to starboard

starboarding1814

1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) III. xxxi. 46 There was such pulling of ropes, and reefing and rigging; and starboarding and larboarding.

1867 Law Rep.: Privy Council Appeals 1 497 The starboarding of the helm of the Steamer..was a dangerous and improper manoeuvre.

1902 Daily Chron. 18 June 10/1 The starboarding of the Cambridge in the circumstances of the case was wrong.

1965 Times 4 Mar. 16/4 The starboarding by the Crystal Jewel was a lesser fault.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	starboard
释义	starboardn.adj.adv. Brit. /ˈstɑːbəd/, /ˈstɑːbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈstɑrˌbɔrd/ Forms: α. Old English steorbord, Middle English sterborde, Middle English sterebourde, Middle English stereburde, Middle English–1500s sterbord, 1500s stereborde, 1500s–1600s steereboard, 1500s–1600s steereboord, 1600s stereboard; Scottish pre-1700 Stireboard, pre-1700 steirbuird, pre-1700 steirbuirde, pre-1700 steirburd, pre-1700 steirburde, pre-1700 sterbord, pre-1700 stereburd. β. 1500s starbowrd, 1500s–1600s starboord, 1500s–1600s starbourd, 1500s–1600s starrebord, 1500s–1600s starreborde, 1500s–1700s starbord, 1600s starborde, 1600s starbur, 1600s stareboard, 1600s starrboard, 1600s starrboord, 1600s– starboard, 1800s– starb'd. Also represented by the abbreviations starbd, starbd. (with point). Origin: Apparently a word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Apparently cognate with or formed similarly to early modern Dutch stierbord (1588 in Kiliaan, although earlier currency may be implied by borrowings into French (see below); Dutch stuurboord ), Middle Low German stūrbort < the Germanic base of steer n.² + the Germanic base of board n. Compare (with a related first element: see stern n.³) Old Icelandic stjórnborði. Compare also ( < Middle Low German) early modern German stiurbort, stierport (1480; German Steuerbord), Swedish styrbord (17th cent.), Danish styrbord (already in early modern Danish). Compare ( < a Germanic language, probably Dutch) Middle French destrebord (1484), stribort (1486; French tribord), also ( < Middle French) Spanish estribor (first half of the 16th cent.), Portuguese estibordo (15th cent. as estribordo), and further ( < one of the other Romance languages) Italian †stribordo (16th cent., rare).This side of the ship was so called with reference to the single side rudders used in early Germanic ships, which were typically suspended on the right side of the vessel (for comfortable use by a right-handed helmsman). For the opposing side compare back-board n. 1, and later larboard n. and port n.⁶ The absence of evidence for West Germanic forms (other than Old English) before the 15th cent. probably reflects a gap in the record, as side rudders went out of common use in the 13th cent., making it unlikely for the word to have been independently formed in several languages in the later Middle Ages. The 16th-cent. Dutch form †stierbord may also suggest an early formation, and this form is reflected earlier in the vowel of the Romance borrowings; some West Germanic forms apparently show remodelling of the first element after the contemporary forms of the cognates of steer n.² The modern standard English form starboard reflects shortening of the vowel of the first element before a consonant group, followed by late Middle English lowering of er to ar (with subsequent lengthening in non-rhotic varieties); the adoption of this form in general use indicates that the composition of the word had become opaque. The form starb'd reflects a reduced pronunciation in nautical language (compare e.g. bosun n. and the β. forms at rowlock n.¹). Originally Nautical. A. n. The side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft which is on the right when it is facing forward. Frequently in to (also †on) starboard: on or towards the right side (cf. astarboard adv., hard-a-starboard at hard adv. 6b). Opposed to port or (in earlier use) back-board, larboard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > starboard starboardeOE society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > specific side starboard1909 eOE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 14 He..let him ealne weg þæt weste land on ðæt steorbord & þa widsæ on ðæt bæcbord þrie dagas. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Weonoðland him wæs on steorbord, & on bæcbord him wæs Langaland. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3665 (MED) So stowttly þe forsterne one þe stam hyttis Þat stokkes of þe stere-burde strykkys in peces. 1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvi. 6 Se that hir hatchis be handlit richt, W^t steirburd, baburd, luf and lie. 1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B2 Two on her larboord, and two on her starboord. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. viii. 312 He..ordered it so, that with two takles hee might steere the Hoy either to Starboard, or to Port. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 16 When we were got out to Sea, we bore away to the starboard. 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal iii. 36 Ne'er a Commission-Officer in our Ship could tell Starbord from Larboard. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 34 Brace fore and aft to starboard ev'ry yard. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 183 We, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iii. 48 If to your starboard red appear, It is your duty to keep clear. 1909 F. T. Jane All World's Air-ships 142 Motor-3-cylinder 10–12 h.p. Buchet, mounted directly on the lower plane, a little to starboard of centre line. 1964 Boating July 56/2 Soon there was Old Man River,..with Island number 526 on the starboard. 2007 J. Dennis Rise of Destroyer xvi. 167 The Combatant's Battle Group peeled off from the main fleet, rolling to starboard and dropping down towards the approaching moon's southern hemisphere. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or situated on the right side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adjective] > starboard starboard1495 sternboard1588 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [adjective] > specific side of aircraft port1917 starboard1917 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Sterborde Bowers—j, Latheborde Bowers—j. 1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 91 The said shippe..dydd hange..soo violentle upon starreborde sydd of the said shippe..that the cable..dydd breake. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Gij Fellowes..that..knew..what belongs to haling of bolings yare, and falling on the star-boord buttocke. 1626 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Revived (1628) 21 One [pinnace] on the starboord bough, the other on the starboord quarter..forthwith boarded her. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Give him our Starboard Broad-side. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. May 247/1 We..began to form the line on the starboard tack. 1798 R. W. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cliv We wore gradually round..till we brought the wind on the starboard beam. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. iii. 27 He flogged the whole starboard watch. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. i. 18 The Starboard Columns of a formation [of ships] are the alternate Columns, commencing from the right. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxvii Who gave us that piece of advice about choosing a starboard berth. 1917 R. B. Matthews Aviation Pocket-bk. vi. 164 The leading edges of the port and starboard top wing should be in a straight line. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 61 ‘Which is the boffin?’..‘Sitting on the starboard side, near the front.’ 2013 C. Collie Reporter & Warlords i. 10 The convention worldwide is that a vessel on a starboard tack has right of way. C. adv. To, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel, aircraft, or spacecraft. 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 1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 566 They..came vpon our quarter star-boord. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 224 Larboard now The reeling tree, then starboard, forc't to bow. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop v. 31 They fired Starboard and Larboard, and made a good Defence for a great while. 1824 W. Knibb Jrnl. 22 Nov. in J. H. Hinton Mem. W. Knibb (1847) iii. 35 The captain feared that she would run ashore, and tacked starboard and larboard in order to prevent it. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. i. 4 Starboard rose black Ithaca, fronting the black mountain of Cephalonia. 1927 H. W. Prescott Devel. Virgil's Art 43 Regardless whether the wind blew starboard, port, or astern. 1948 Motor Boating Feb. 87/1 Two alternate fishing chairs port and starboard. 2011 H. E. Wasdin & S. Templin SEAL Team Six ii. 16 The loadmaster told the pilot to adjust the nose of the aircraft 5 degrees starboard. Compounds starboard watch n. Nautical one of the two watches (watch n. 18a) into which the officers and crew of a vessel are typically divided; cf. port watch n. at port n.⁶ and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 The Master being chiefe of the Starboord watch doth call one, and his right hand Mate on the Larboord doth call another. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Tribordais, starbowlines; a cant term for the starboard-watch. 1853 Times 10 Feb. 8/5 The starboard watch, and the first part of the port watch, have had 14 days' leave. 1953 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower & Atropos xvi. 228 Port watch wins!.. Starboard watch provides the entertainment tomorrow night! 2008 Sherbrooke (Quebec) Record (Nexis) 27 Aug. 8 He was..a rescue diver for starboard watch for man overboard emergencies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). starboardv. Brit. /ˈstɑːbəd/, /ˈstɑːbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈstɑrˌbɔrd/ Forms: see starboard n., adj., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: starboard n. Etymology: < starboard n. Compare earlier port v.³ Nautical. 1. transitive. To turn (the helm of a vessel) towards the starboard side, causing the vessel to turn to port. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (transitive)] > work the rudder > turn helm or tiller to specific position port1580 starboard1605 to right the (also one's) helm1627 leea1668 to up with1860 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 328 He hailes vs threatfully, Star-boord our helme. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 37 Starboord the Helme, is to put the Helme a Starboord, then the ship will goe to the Larboord. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They say Starboard the Helm, when it is to be put to the Right side of the Ship. 1759 London Mag. Nov. 619/1 We then immediately starboarded our helm, and ran right down upon her. 1834 W. Leggett Naval Stories 28 Starboard your helm, quarter-master! 1888 Times 23 Aug. 8/6 A red light is always a signal not to starboard the helm. 1933 Motor Boating Jan. 45 You mustn't forget that to starboard your helm will make your bow go to port. 1978 Times 2 Sept. 12/5 The collision was caused by the Princess Alice starboarding her helm when she should have continued under port helm. 2011 D. Weber How Firm a Found. iii. 32 ‘Starboard your helm!’ he heard himself bark. 2. intransitive. Originally: to turn the helm of a vessel to the starboard side, thus causing it to turn to port. In later use usually: to turn or steer a vessel to starboard. Also of a vessel: to turn to starboard. Often as a command. Cf. hard-a-starboard v.In quot. 1746 in figurative context.Before the last quarter of the 19th cent., an order to ‘starboard’ meant ‘put the helm to starboard’, so that the vessel would turn to port. By 1900, it was more common to give orders in terms of the vessel itself; an order to ‘starboard’ therefore usually meaning ‘turn the ship to starboard’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (intransitive)] > use tiller in specific manner starboard1612 to steady the helm1874 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. E^v Whoes at Helme? beare vp hard: and hard vp: and thou beest a man beare vp; Star-borde, Port-agein: off with your Drablers, and your Banners. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 19 Starboard, the Chase pays away more room, Starboard hard;..Stereboard hard. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 141 Look to your Ship then, hard at Helm, Starboard, or else we overwhelm. 1746 Fool (1748) I. 199 The Fool, who is the Quarter-master of the State, and obliged almost every Moment to call Starboard, or Port. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 40 ‘Starboard again!’ her head now eastward turns. 1884 Capt. Pollard in Western Morning News 2 Aug. 8/1 The course which the Valiant was steering before starboarding was south-west. 1918 North-China Herald 20 Apr. 158/1 The Hsinfung again starboarded about half a point. 1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Jan. He was porting and starboarding and doing everything but making a good run at it. 2004 E. V. Bunkše Geogr. & Art of Life v. 97 The canoe started to turn broadside to the flow of water. ‘Starboard, Harry, starboard!’ shouted Milt. Derivatives ˈstarboarding n. now rare ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [noun] > use of helm > turning helm to starboard starboarding1814 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) III. xxxi. 46 There was such pulling of ropes, and reefing and rigging; and starboarding and larboarding. 1867 Law Rep.: Privy Council Appeals 1 497 The starboarding of the helm of the Steamer..was a dangerous and improper manoeuvre. 1902 Daily Chron. 18 June 10/1 The starboarding of the Cambridge in the circumstances of the case was wrong. 1965 Times 4 Mar. 16/4 The starboarding by the Crystal Jewel was a lesser fault. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.adv.eOEv.1605
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