† ˈbaburd Obs. Sc.
Also 6 bawburd.
[a. F. bâbord, adopted from Teutonic; cf. OE. bæc-bord, Ger. bakbord, Du. bakboord.]
= larboard.
| [c 885 K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §20 Burᵹenda land wæs us on bæc-bord.] 1513 Douglas æneis v. iv. 20 Betwixt the rolk and Gyas schip On bawburd fast the innar way he leit slip. c 1570 R. Sempill Fleming Berge, With steirburd, baburd, luf and lie. a 1605 Montgomerie Poems (1821) 238 On baburd syde, the whirling of the sand. |