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

Mr. Collins said, “Lay below the larboard watch!”

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

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

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

I was on the larboard dogwatch this day, and so could observe the positioning of those ships, it appearing that we are preparing for some great action against the town of Norfolk.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

When a piece of timber was intended for the larboard side, it would be marked thus—“L.”

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