Toward the helm's left
Aport is a nautical term meaning toward or on the port (left) side of a ship: The captain ordered the helm aport.
The word is the opposite of astarboard.
Like most traditional sailing vocabulary, it appears mainly in maritime contexts and historical fiction.
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Toward the helm's left
Aport is a nautical term meaning toward or on the port (left) side of a ship: The captain ordered the helm aport.
The word is the opposite of astarboard.
Like most traditional sailing vocabulary, it appears mainly in maritime contexts and historical fiction.
1. nautical — portside, Vessel's left flank; helm (Vessel's steering mechanism); leeward (Sheltered from wind); windward (Facing the wind); tiller · bearing · heading · steering · maneuver · navigation · deck · bow · stern · vessel
NAUTICAL DIRECTIONaport ≠ starboard Vessel's right-hand side; rightward
port, transport, import, export, transported, imported, importing, exporter, transporting
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/aport