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larboard, the old term for the left-hand side of a ship when facing forward, now known as port. During the early years of the 19th century the term larboard began to give way to port as a helm order as this avoided confusion with the similar sounding starboard. The change was made official in 1844. See also lade, to.

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larboard side of a ship to the left of a person looking from stern to bows. XIV. orig. lad(d)- borde, lathebord, the second el. of which is BOARD (OE. bord, ON. borði ship's side), the first is of uncert. orig., but may be from LADE, the orig. sense being ‘the side on which cargo was taken in’.

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