larboard

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larboard

/ˈlɑːbɔːd/ UK
/ˈlabəd/ UK
/ˈlɑɹbɔɹd/ US
/ˈlæbɚd/ US

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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.)

noun larboards

archaic, uncountable, usually The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side. After the Reuenge vvas intangled vvith this Philip [i.e., San Felipe], foure other boorded her; tvvo on her larboord, and tvvo on her ſtarboord.
Similar: backboard, leeboard, left, port · Opposite: right, starboard

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@misc{larboard_2026,
  title = {larboard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/larboard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}