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LARBOARDn.

[Board, bord, is a side; but I know the meaning of lar. The Dutch use bakboard, and the Germans backbord.]

The left hand side of a ship, when a person stands with his face to the head; opposed to starboard.

LARBOARDa.

Pertaining to the left hand side of a ship; as the larboard quarter.