| 单词 | on, by, a, to larboard |
| 释义 | > as lemmas†on, †by, †a, to larboard 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. < as lemmas |
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