portside

Etymology

From port + -side.

portside means on the port (left) side of a ship. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

adj

On the port (left) side of a ship.“All was quiet for several minutes until the fog broke and a large oak tree passed outside my portside window.”

adv

Toward or on the port side.“Ship was to dock portside to at pier 1 but ended up starboardside as docking became seriously complicated”

noun

An area alongside a port.
The port (left) side of a boat.“The net is taken in by repeatedly strapping off lengths of the net that are hauled forward alternately from the portside and starboardside; the pile of netting in the foreground is made from successive bights of the net resulting from this procedure.”