aport

American  

[uh-pawrt, uh-pohrt] / əˈpɔrt, əˈpoʊrt /

adverb

Nautical.

1. on or toward the port side.

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aport British  

/ əˈpɔːt /

adverb

1. nautical on or towards the port side

   with the helm aport

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Etymology

Origin of aport

First recorded in 1620–30; a- ¹ + port ²

Example Sentences

The next day saw us completing our passage of Grenville Channel and turning hard aport into Verney Passage, then to starboard into Ursula Channel for a stop at the hot springs opposite Gribbell Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

To assist in clearing her, the Ruby’s helm had been put aport, or to larboard, as was then the expression, and this carried her still farther away from La Belle Citoyenne.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

"Full speed ahead, if you please, Mr Vernon, and hard aport."

From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd

I ran the match along close to the ceiling and came upon a rusty hook a little aport of the center.

From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

He rang the bell to stop her, and then to go ahead, at the same time putting the helm hard aport.

From Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People by Optic, Oliver