starboard quarter

collocation in English

meaningsofstarboardandquarter

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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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quarter
noun
uk
/ˈkwɔː.tər/us
/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/
one of four equal or almost equal parts of ...
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(Definition ofstarboardandquarterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Almost immediately a second sea struck the lifeboat on thestarboardquarterfilling the cockpit and the space under the canopy.
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These lookouts unfortunately failed to see the light, which they were expecting on thestarboardquarter, when in fact it was well to port (nautical).
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The attacker retired to herstarboardquarterwith one engine ablaze, only to renew its attack.
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At daybreak, another ship was seen on thestarboardquarter, also carrying every stitch of canvas that she could.
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A submarine was sighted on the surface at 0730, close aboard on thestarboardquarter.
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In proceeding toward her proper position she was struck in thestarboardquarterby a torpedo.
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A torpedo fired from thestarboardquarterwas avoided by evasive action.
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After four survivors had been hauled from the water, lookouts heard a plane approaching the ship from herstarboardquarter.
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While the first seven scored no hits, the eighth hit a gasoline barge in tow alongside the tendersstarboardquarter.
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Goodhue s gunners splashed a plane on thestarboardquarter, but another headed directly for her from dead ahead.
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The tanker struck the transport'sstarboardquartershortly after the submarine fired four stern torpedoes along their double length at a range of 400yd m.
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His third and final attack carried him across the ship's fantail and into the water about 50 feet from herstarboardquarter.
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Access to the ship is through a new opening cut through the hull below the waterline in the ship'sstarboardquarter.
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The plane burst into flame and splashed 7,000 (6.4 km) yards off the destroyer'sstarboardquarterand burned brightly for several minutes.
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Ships moving through the navigable semicircle are advised to keep the true wind on thestarboardquarterwhile making as much headway as possible.
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Soundings were then taken which showed a depth of ten feet on thestarboardquarter, four fathoms on the port quarter and seven fathoms either side of the bridge.
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