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

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

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

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

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

Roily Duckfield was pushing at the starboard pole, Yandry at the larboard.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin