starboard
/ˈstɑɹˌbəɹd/ verb C2- To turn (the helm of a vessel) towards the starboard or right side, causing the vessel to turn to port or the left.
- Originally, to turn the helm of a vessel towards the starboard or right side, causing the vessel to turn to port or the left.
- Now (chiefly), to turn a vessel to starboard or the right side; also, of a vessel: to turn to starboard or the right side.
He/she/it starboards · Past starboarded · Past participle starboarded · -ing form starboarding
Verb forms
- Base form
- starboard
- He/she/it
- starboards
- Past
- starboarded
- Past participle
- starboarded
- -ing form
- starboarding
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Dantès ordered the helmsman to put down his helm, in order to leave La Pianosa to starboard, as he knew that he should shorten his course by two or three knots.
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