tribord
adjectivecommon noun
Syllable Decomposition
tribordaphesis of stribord (1678), itself aphesis of an earlier estribord (1573), destrebort (1484), borrowed from classical Dutch stierboord (1588), from stuur, "rudder", and boord, "side", literally: "side of the rudder", the rudder formerly being fixed to starboard.
Definition
- marine
Antonym
Plural
tribords
Translations
german:Steuerbord
english:starboard
korean:우현
spanish:estribor
japanese:右舷
dutch:stuurboord
polish:burta
swedish:styrbord
See also
tribord (adj.) tribords (cn.)