ladde-borde
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larboard — left hand side of a ship (to a person on board and facing the bow), 1580s, from M.E. ladde borde (c.1300), perhaps lit. the loading side, if this was the side on which goods were loaded onto a ship, from laden to load + bord ship s side. Altered… … Etymology dictionary
larboard — /ˈlabəd/ (say lahbuhd) Nautical Obsolete –noun 1. → port2 (def. 1). –adjective 2. → port2 (def. 2). {early Modern English larborde (assimilated to starboard); replacing Middle English laddeborde, from ladde (origin uncertain) + borde, Old English …
