| 词源 |
starboard; larboard. Old English ships were steered (steor, “steer”) by a paddle or board (bord) over the right side. This ste- orbord became starboard and starboard later became the name for the right side of the ship itself. Larboard, the left side of a ship, derives from the earlier lureboard (from the Anglo-Saxon laere, “empty”), in reference to the fact that the left side was usually empty because the steersman stood on the right, or steering-board (starboard), side. |