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

A piece for the larboard side forward, would be marked thus—“L. F.”

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

She was in charge of leading the work songs for the larboard watch, singing out line after line for the rest of the watch to repeat as they hauled sheets or turned the capstan.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Watson in the larboard chains sang out, “By the deep ten.”

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

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

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