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(formerly) port2 (def. 1).
adjective
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(formerly) port2 (defs. 2, 3).
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Larboard
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| larboard (ˈlɑːbəd) | |
| —n, —adj | |
| nautical a former word for port | |
| [C14 laddeborde (changed to larboard by association with starboard), from laden to load + borde | |
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larboard
"left-hand side of a ship" (to a person on board and facing the bow), c.1300, ladde-borde, perhaps lit. "the loading side," if this was the side on which goods were loaded onto a ship, from laden "to load" + bord "ship's side." Altered 16c. on influence of starboard, then largely replaced by
EXPAND port (1). to avoid confusion of similar-sounding words. The O.E. term was bæcboard, lit. "back board" (see starboard).
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