Starboard is the nautical term that refers to the right side of a vessel as perceived by a person on board a vessel and facing the bow (front). The equivalent for the left hand side is port. The starboard side of a vessel is indicated with a green navigation light at night.
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This meant that the steering oar (which was broadened to provide better control) used to be affixed to the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered, descendant from the Old Norse words stýri meaning rudder (from the verb stýra, literally being at the helm, having a hand in) and borð meaning etymologically board, then the side of a ship.
