What does the word starboard mean?

Usage examples for starboard

  1. " The Superb was now seen a little way on the starboard bow, engaged with one of the enemy's ships, while several others were in sight at a distance ahead. – Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Sir John Ross
  2. " Young feller," he said, " I reckon that starboard hoss is my old mare. – Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed
  3. He had made it fast on the schooner's starboard quarter, near the little accommodation ladder. – Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne