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单词 hard-a-starboard
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hard-a-starboardv.

Brit. /ˌhɑːdəˈstɑːbəd/, U.S. /ˌhɑrdəˈstɑrbərd/, /ˌhɑrdəˈstɑrˌbɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hard-a-starboard at hard adv. 6b
Etymology: < hard-a-starboard at hard adv. 6b.
Now rare.
transitive. To put (a ship's helm, etc.) hard-a-starboard. Also intransitive.
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1867 W. Holt Admiralty Court Cases on Rule of Road 87 We then determined to hard a-starboard, being already under their weather or starboard helm.
1870 Bradford Observer 21 Mar. 4/1 The chief officer of the latter vessel acted with good judgment in starboarding and hard-a-starboarding his vessel, to clear, if possible, the Mary.
1882 Brit. Merchant Service Jrnl. Dec. 554 The Benares was kept on her course until it was seen that the collision was inevitable, when her helm was hard-a-starboarded in order to ease the blow.
1910 Federal Reporter 174 721 The helm of the tug was therefore hard-a-starboarded when they were in a position to the southward and eastward of Hallett's Point.
1912 Loss of Steamship Titanic 41 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (62nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Rep. 933) XL An iceberg, sir. I hard-a-starboarded and reversed the engines,..but she was too close.
1935 Times 12 Oct. 4/3 When the masthead light of the Laurentic came in sight he ordered the helm of the Napier Star to be hard-a-starboarded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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hard-a-starboard
b. Nautical. With reference to the steering or manoeuvring of a ship: right (round) to the specified position or direction, in hard-alee, hard-a-port, hard-a-starboard, hard up (cf. up adv.1 6e), etc. (frequently as a command).The adverbial phrases are occasionally used as verbs: see hard-a-port v., hard-a-starboard v.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [adjective] > specific position of tiller
hard up1745
steady1816
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Hail doune the steir burde lufe harde a burde.
1625 M. Pring in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. vii. 651 We put the helme hard aweather, thinking that the ship would haue come round, but all in vaine.
1689 M. Taubman Londons Great Jubilee 10 Helm a Lee, starboard, hard a Port, thus, keep her thus.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4380/2 We clap'd our Helm hard a Starboard.
1745 Def. made by John Ambrose 5 I began to engage the Enemy, and continued to do all in my Power to get nigher to them, yawing the Ship, and ordering the Helm to be put hard up, sometimes the one Way, and sometimes the other.
1788 J.-N. de Sauseuil tr. J. Bourdé de Villehuet Manœuverer ii. ix. 116 The helm put hard a-lee, and the head sheets let fly.
1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 137 Washington then boldly seized the helm, and with a hard-a-lee, luffed up his ship at once to the gale.
1835 ‘F. Grummet’ Grummett's Log 127 The sonorous and deep voice of Captain Dashall exclaimed, ‘Hard a port the helm!’ The tiller was instantly jammed hard over.
1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. x. 216 Hard a-port! flatten in forward!
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 310 Hard up the helm... La barre au vent.
1913 W. B. Meloney Girl of Golden Gate xxx. 283Hard up! Hard up!’ cried Paul in alarm. Blindly Emily recovered herself and put the helm up. The Daphne fell off before the wind.
1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest i. 128 What I'm going to do is something called coming about, hard alee.
2000 Vanity Fair May 96/2 He turned to the man at the Dauphin's wheel and ordered, ‘Hard up the helm’.
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