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star⋅board

[stahr-berd, -bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining or located to the starboard.
–adverb
3. toward the right side.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to turn (the helm) to starboard.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME sterbord (n.), OE stēorbord, equiv. to stēor steering (see steer 1 ) + bord side (see board )
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star·board   (stär'bərd)   
n.  The right-hand side of a ship or aircraft as one faces forward.
adj.  On the right-hand side as one faces forward.
adv.  To or toward the right-hand side as one faces forward.

[Middle English sterbord, from Old English stēorbord : stēor-, a steering; see stā- in Indo-European roots + bord, side of a ship.]
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Word Origin & History

starboard 
O.E. steorbord, lit. "side on which a vessel was steered," from steor- "rudder, steering paddle" + bord "ship's side." Cf. O.N. stjornborði, Low Ger. stürbord, Ger. Steuerbord. Early Germanic peoples' boats were propelled and steered by a paddle on the right side. Fr. tribord (O.Fr. estribord), It. stribordo are Gmc. loan-words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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