starboardside

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starboardside

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From starboard + -side.

noun starboardsides

  1. The starboard side of a boat. The net is taken in by repeatedly strapping off lengths of the net that are hauled forward alternately from the portside and starboardside; the pile of netting in the foreground is made from successive bights of the net resulting from this procedure.

adjective

  1. not comparable On the starboard side. Said from where he landed he must have fallen from the starboardside ladder to the catwalk outside the wheelhouse.

adverb more starboardside · most starboardside

  1. Toward or on the starboard side. Ship was to dock portside to at pier 1 but ended up starboardside as docking became seriously complicated

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@misc{starboardside_2026,
  title = {starboardside},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/starboardside},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}