OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. & v. Naut. & Aeron.
--n. the right-hand side (looking forward) of a ship, boat, or aircraft (cf. PORT(3)).
--v.tr. (also absol.) turn (the helm) to starboard.
starboard tack see TACK(1) 4. starboard watch see WATCH n. 3b.
OE steorbord = rudder side (see STEER, BOARD), early Teutonic ships being steered with a paddle over the right side
THESAURUS
Epistle side, astarboard, clockwise, conservative, decanal side, dexter, dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, ease the helm, ease the rudder, larboard, off, on the right, port, reactionary, recto, right, right field, right hand, right side, right wing, right-hand, right-wing, right-winger, right-wingish, rightward, rightwardly, rightwards,
starboard tack, to the right
ROGET THESAURUS
Dextrality
N
dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside,
starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.