Naut. [f. STARBOARD sb.] trans. To put over or turn (the helm) to the starboard side of the ship. Chiefly in the command Starboard (the helm)!
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. i. III. Furies, 43. He hails us threatfully, Star-boord our helm.
1627. Capt. Smith, Seaman’s Gram., ix. 37. Starboord the Helme, is to put the Helme a Starboord, then the ship will goe to the Larboord.
1759. Ann. Reg., Chron., 121/1. We then immediately starboarded our helm, and ran right down upon her.
1888. P. H. Colomb, in Times, 23 Aug., 8/6. A red light is always a signal not to starboard the helm.
ellipt. 1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., I. ii. 19. Starboard, the Chase pays away more room, Starboard hard;… Stereboard hard.
1673. Hickeringill, Gregory, 141. Look to your Ship then, hard at Helm, Starboard, or else we overwhelm.
1762. Falconer, Shipwr., III. 69. ‘Starboard again!’ the watchful pilot cries.
1884. Capt. Pollard, in Western Morn. News, 2 Aug., 8/2. The course which the Valiant was steering before starboarding was south-west.
Hence Starboarding vbl. sb.
1902. Daily Chron., 18 June, 10/1. The starboarding of the Cambridge in the circumstances of the case was wrong.
