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Definition of Astarboard
1. adv. Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
Definition of Astarboard
1. Adverb. (nautical) Over to the starboard side. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astarboard
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astarboard
| astable astacins astacus astaghfirullah astand astarboard (current term) astare astars astart astarted | astarting astarts astasia astasia-abasia astasias astatane astatic astatic coils astatic galvanometer |
Literary usage of Astarboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1894)
"astarboard, the instant the engines are reversed full speed ahead her head will
cant to starboard as if on a pivot. 3rd.—That if a steamer, ..."
2. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1897)
"No channel between the floes so winding and awkward but she could get through it.
But it is hard work for the helmsman. "Hard astarboard! Hard aport! ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1848)
"That had the brig's helm been put astarboard when she was hailed to that effect,
and which, from her being under complete command, in the then state of the ..."
4. The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey (1895)
"As soon, therefore, as he was within a hundred yards of her stern, he ordered
the helm to be put astarboard, and the driver and after-sails to be brailed up ..."
5. The Sinking of the "Merrimac": A Personal Narrative of the Adventure in the by Richmond Pearson Hobson (1899)
"The orders were: "Full speed ahead! n " Steady astarboard!" and the engine
telegraph recorded prompt execution, Deignan repeating in firm voice: " Steady ..."
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