starboard bow

collocation in English

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starboard
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɑː.bəd/us
/ˈstɑːr.bɚd/
the right side of a ship or aircraft as you are ...
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bow
noun[C]
uk
/baʊ/us
/baʊ/
the movement of bending your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched ...
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(Definition ofstarboardandbowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Two missed, passing ahead and astern, but the third struck thestarboardbow.
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It could fire out of thestarboardbowport or the forward starboard broadside port.
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One shell landed only 100 yards off thestarboardbow.
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Thestarboardbowlay 30ft m further away.
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During that time, the ship once sighted a suspicious wake on thestarboardbow.
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The torpedo struck herstarboardbow, though she returned to port.
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Within minutes, the contact materialized into an enemy destroyer steaming on thestarboardbow.
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It splashed down close to herstarboardbow.
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Shortly after midnight, a slab of ice penetrated thestarboardbow.
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An explosion hole in thestarboardbowat the waterline has never been explained.
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At 1545 lookouts spotted a torpedo wake heading towards thestarboardbowat a range of 2,000 yards.
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Those traveling through the dangerous semicircle are advised to keep to the true wind on thestarboardbowand make as much headway as possible.
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On thestarboardbowwas a large aircraft carrier, to port two auxiliary carriers, and on each bow of the formation, a destroyer.
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It was splashed 50yd m off thestarboardbow.
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The third crashed 50 feet (15 m) off herstarboardbow, while the fourth missed her and crashed into.
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