starboard

[stahr-berd, -bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈstɑr bərd, -ˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

noun

the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.

adjective

of or pertaining or located to the starboard.

adverb

toward the right side.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to turn (the helm) to starboard.

Origin

before 900; Middle English sterbord (noun), Old English stēorbord, equivalent to stēor steering (see steer¹) + bord side (see board)

Examples from the web for starboard

It now lies intact on is starboard side on the sandy sea bottom.
Port and starboard aspect averages at each generator combination for each speed are shown.
Explosions ruptured a starboard tank, and led to the flooding of the engine space.
The resulting induced velocity at the wing is found to be constant from the port wingtip to the starboard wingtip.
About this time the ships of the screen were ordered to shift from the starboard to port side of the formation.

British Dictionary definitions for starboard

starboard

/ˈstɑːbəd; -ˌbɔːd/

noun

the right side of an aeroplane or vessel when facing the nose or bow Compare port²

adjective

relating to or on the starboard

verb

to turn or be turned towards the starboard

Word Origin

Old English stēorbord, literally: steering side, from stēor steering paddle + bord side; see steer1, board; from the fact that boats were formerly steered by a paddle held over the right-hand side

Word Origin and History for starboard

Old English steorbord, literally "side on which a vessel was steered," from steor- "rudder, steering paddle" (see steer (v.)) + bord "ship's side" (see board (n.2)). Cf. Old Norse stjornborði, Low German stürbord, German Steuerbord.

Early Germanic peoples' boats were propelled and steered by a paddle on the right side. French tribord (Old French estribord), Italian stribordo are Germanic loan-words.