单词 | babord |
释义 | babordn. Nautical (originally Scottish). The port side of a ship. Cf. back-board n. 1.In later use chiefly in French contexts; opposed to tribord. 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 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 143 Turn thi cowrss on bawburd. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados v. iv. 20 Betuix the Rolk, and the gyas schyp On bawburd fast, the inner way he lete slip. 1602 J. Colville Parænese 17 Pointes of compas, babord and sterbord, lof and lie. a1605 A. Montgomerie Poems (1821) 238 On baburd syde, the whirling of the sand. 1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 Dec. 364/3 Mr R. Bonthron..recollects that, in his youth, the older fishermen..employed the term babord for larboard. 1947 M. Lowry Let. Nov. (1967) 160 The S.S. Brest—which rarely rolls more than 35° to tribord or babord. 2004 Euroweek (Nexis) 25 June Thierry Sessin..hovered and flustered in all the right places to ensure that babord and tribord were not confused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1522 |
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