How Did We Get "Port" & "Starboard" in maritime circle?

menglianglum · 发表于 2020-12-13 11:32

上网笔记--2020-12-13How Did We Get "Port" & "Starboard" in maritime circle?

Many nautical terms have historical significance that's developed over centuries. For instance, "starboard" (the right side of the boat when you're facing the bow) is derived from the term "steerboard." This reference goes back to very early ships that were steered by a steering oar on the right-hand side of the ship — in the days before ships had rudders on their centerlines. When these ships came into a port, they needed to dock keeping the steering oar safe on the outside, away from the dock. So the "port" side referred to the left-hand side of the ship when facing forward, the side tied to the dock once the ship pulled into the dock. However, another term that you may have heard is "larboard," which was in common use until the middle of the 19th century; like port, it, too, referred to the left side of the ship as determined by the point of view of someone facing the bow.

xjf · 发表于 2020-12-15 11:14

估计这是和帆船时代桨的安装习惯有关，左边的桨是易拆卸的，靠码头时，将左边的桨拆下收回到船里面，而右边的就不动了。

江海直达 · 发表于 2020-12-15 12:02

维基科技是这么说的：

左舷（Port）
Port源於larboard，由中古英語ladebord演變而成。由於larboard聽起來容易與starboard混淆[1] ，是以1844年之後由「Port」所取代。左舷被稱為「Port」，亦因為傳統上，船隻是左邊靠岸或碼頭的。

右舷（Starboard）

公元256年船員以船槳於船尾控制方向
Starboard的叫法源於西方早期船隻方向控制的習慣。在方向舵發明之前，船員會以特製的船槳於船尾控制方向。由於多數船員為右撇子，船槳亦多數絟於船的右方。Starboard源於古英語steorbord一詞，意思是控制船隻方向的那一方。

menglianglum · 发表于 2020-12-16 00:14

江海直达发表于 2020-12-15 12:02
维基科技是这么说的：

左舷（Port）

谢谢回复交流

Aleksey · 发表于 2021-1-3 16:28

I heard another version of the term starboard.
Starboard it is a side of a boat, where a captains sleeping room is placed. This room usually placed on right side of the boat, so as right side more silent when boat is docked by left side. Starboard, because the captain wears shoulder straps with stars.
Version with steerboard i like more.

枫叶红了1 · 发表于 2021-2-21 03:24

刚开始时总记混，后来有人告诉我，Port是4个字母，和左边left字母数一样，再后来我就记住了。不知道还有谁混淆左右没？

我本英雄 · 发表于 2021-2-23 08:41

The ship was usually moored or berthed on the port where its left side faces the port.

rex56 · 发表于 2021-2-23 08:59

专业精神

zch217 · 发表于 2021-2-23 11:19

Aleksey 发表于 2021-1-3 16:28
I heard another version of the term starboard.
Starboard it is a side of a boat, where a captains s ...

What a interesting story！

menglianglum · 发表于 2021-2-23 14:18

谢谢各位回复交流

rex56 · 发表于 2021-2-24 11:23

menglianglum 发表于 2021-2-23 14:18
谢谢各位回复交流

多给后辈们讲讲课

menglianglum · 发表于 2021-2-24 15:13

rex56 发表于 2021-2-24 11:23
多给后辈们讲讲课

谢谢回复交流。

觉得我来这里是学习和交流，不是讲课。我已经退休，年轻兄弟姐妹都跑在我前面。