Meaning & use
Larboard
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An old nautical term for the left-hand side of a ship as one faces forward, now replaced by 'port.'
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The captain ordered the crew to secure the cargo on the larboard side.
Old sailing logs often referred to the larboard watch and the starboard watch.
A note on using this word
Larboard fell out of use largely because it sounded too similar to 'starboard' when shouted over wind and waves, so navies eventually standardized on 'port.'
Words with a similar meaning
port
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Words with an opposite meaning
starboard
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