Portside
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Portside is an adjective meaning On the port (left) side of a ship.
Meaning
On the port (left) side of a ship.
More Meanings
- An area alongside a port.
- The port (left) side of a boat.
- Toward or on the port side.
Example Sentences
Ship was to dock portside to at pier 1 but ended up starboardside as docking became seriously complicated
All was quiet for several minutes until the fog broke and a large oak tree passed outside my portside window.
The portside lounge in shades of tan and yellow seated sixty-six passengers while a TV Lounge on the starboard side could accommodate forty-eight passengers in a predominantly blue space.
The net is taken in by repeatedly strapping off lengths of the net that are hauled forward alternately from the portside and starboardside; the pile of netting in the foreground is made from successive bights of the net resulting from this procedure.
Word Forms
- portsides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include port, starboardside, overside, offside, boatside, onshore.
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