Larboard in a sentence as a noun

I believe the use of the pronunciation ‘niner’ instead of ‘nine‘ was because nine could be too easily confused with ‘five’.And ‘port’ replaced ‘larboard’ in the 19th century to avoid confusion.

Larboard definitions

noun

the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

See also: port

adjective

located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

See also: port