larboard

[ lahr-bawrd, -bohrd; Nautical lahr-berd ]

/ ˈlɑrˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd; Nautical ˈlɑr bərd /

Nautical

(formerly) port²(def 1).

(formerly) port²(def 2, 3)

Origin of larboard

1300–50; Middle English laddeborde (perhaps literally, loading side; see lade, board); later larborde (by analogy with starboard)

lar gibbon, lara, laramie, laramie range, lararium, larboard, larc, larcener, larcenous, larceny, larch

The breeze still held fair, though coming off the land of Africa, said to lie some twenty leagues away on the larboard beam.

Antony Waymouth |W.H.G. Kingston
It has been said that the larboard quarter-boat was launched by the chief mate, James Duncan.

Grace Darling |Eva Hope
I went up to the mast-head, and distinctly saw the rocks, not more than two or three feet under water on the larboard side.

Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Grey
In the meantime it was dark; the cutter flew along the coast, and the Needles' lights were on the larboard bow.

The Pirate and The Three Cutters |Frederick Marryat

It begins just at the other end of this island on our larboard hand, and will be all over in about another half mile, or so.

Jack Tier or The Florida Reef |James Fenimore Cooper

larboard

/ (ˈlɑːbəd) /

nautical a former word for port 2

C14 laddeborde (changed to larboard by association with starboard), from laden to load + borde board