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Meaning of starboardside | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The starboard side of a boat.

Examples

“The net is taken in by repeatedly strapping off lengths of the net that are hauled forward alternately from the portside and starboardside; the pile of netting in the foreground is made from successive bights of the net resulting from this procedure.”
“It is obvious that the reasonable principles do not require a merchant ship to bear a green light at her starboardside and a red light at her portside, but if each State were to regulate the colour and the place of the lights with unlimited sovereignty, and without regard for the uniformity, the regulation would be a danger instead of a measure of precaution.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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