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Starboard
Definitions
- 1 located on the right side of a ship or aircraft wordnet
- 1 The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object. countable, uncountable
"I see another vessel off the starboard side."
- 2 A list that shows messages starred in a community space.
"The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do."
- 3 the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose wordnet
- 4 One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two. countable, uncountable
- 5 A system that enables such a list. figuratively
"In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel."
- 1 To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel. transitive
"to starboard the helm"
- 2 turn to the right, of helms or rudders wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.
From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.
From star + board. The earliest known use was in 2013 on Meta Stack Exchange.
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