单词 | larboard |
释义 | larboardn.adv.adj. Nautical. A. n. (and adv.) a. The side of a ship which is to the left hand of a person looking from the stern towards the bows. Opposed to starboard. (Frequently in phrases without the article, as †on, †by, †a, to larboard.)The term has now been discarded in the navy and supplanted by port, to avoid confusion with the similar-sounding starboard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > port back-boardOE larboardc1400 baborda1522 port1543 red1942 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [phrase] > on port side on, by, a, to larboardc1400 α. β. 15.. Sir A. Barton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 69 A larborde wher Sir Andrewe lay.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Theire ships too larboord doo nod.1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B2 Two on her larboord, and two on her starboord.1598 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 4 Vpon his steereboord alwayes the desert land, and vpon the leereboord the maine Ocean.a1600 Sir A. Barton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 68 Ethere bye lerbord or by lowe That Scootte would overcome yowe.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 1019 When Ulysses on the Larbord shunnd Charybdis. View more context for this quotation1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 171 We saw five ships, three to the Star~board, and two to the Lar-board.1707 London Gaz. No. 4380/2 In firing along our Larboard, we saw he had a Design to board us on the Bow.1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) i. §17. 11 She will heel over to larboard.c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 106 Þay layden in on laddeborde & þe lofe wynnes. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 203 Devettes..j a sterbord an other a latebord. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adverb] > on or to port a-port1543 larboard1647 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 224 Larboard now The reeling tree, then starboard, forc't to bow. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 Larboard, that is, to the left hand. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 32 As well understood..as one at Sea among Mariners; saying, Steere, or Lar-board. 1674 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest (new ed.) i. i. 3 You dogs, is this a time to sleep? lubbord. Heave together, Lads. B. adj. 1. Belonging to or situated on the left or port side of a vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adjective] > port larboard1495 port1842 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Latheborde Bowers..Sterborde destrelles..Ladeborde destrelles. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. vii. 862 The Land on Larbord side (saith Sir R. Hawkins) is without doubt Ilands. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C5 In a storme tis disputable..on which side of the ship he may be saued best, whether his faith be star bord faith, or lar bord. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 His Mate with his Larboord men..releeues them till foure in the morning. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 18 Cast off your Larboard-Braces. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 59 A signal was made..to bring to with the lar~board tacks. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 177 About four points on the larboard-bow. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 12 On the larboard quarter. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 94 Ease off the larboard hawser. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Larboard-watch, the old term for port-watch. 2. humorously used for: Left. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left winstereOE lefta1200 car1279 wrong?a1400 left hand1440 sinister1483 sinistral1534 left-hand side1581 nar1607 sinistrous1646 nigh1722 left-handed1757 larboard1781 leftward1791 sinistrine1792 left-sided1801 toward1866 1781 W. Cowper Let. 18 Mar. (1979) I. 457 A slight Disorder in my Larboard Eye may possibly prevent my writing you a long letter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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