ˈsternboard2 Obs.
In 6 sterneborde.
[Prob. an alteration of stereborde starboard after stern n.3 The coincidence with ON. stjórnborðe starboard is prob. accidental.]
? = starboard.
In quot. a mistranslation; the original has a la proa del navio, to the prow of the ship.
| 1588 Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 343 There was a marriner commanded by the captaine of the ship, to keepe the sterneborde side. |