starboard; right side of a ship
Nautical term for the right side of a vessel when facing forward. Antonym: 取り舵 (port side).
Antonyms: 取り舵 (とりかじ)
The captain ordered starboard helm.
Hard to starboard!
Developed from 卯の舵, a helm command named for 卯, the easterly direction in the traditional twelve-direction system. The spelling 面舵 was applied later.