larboard

Example Sentences

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So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2010

An old man with a lined rectangular face and a scar across the flat arch of his nose, he was the leader of the larboard watch and Reed’s right-hand man.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

For larboard aft, it would be marked thus—“L. A.”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

The larboard watch stumbled from the shelter of the forecastle, blinking at the brightness.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Deliberately, he went forward, beyond the waist of the ship, and stood at the larboard rail, facing the water.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham