What's the difference between lapboard and larboard?
Lapboard
Definition:
(n.) A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only the shoulder support is worn when the patient is sitting with a lapboard.
(2) An alternate steering apparatus would be a set of four sensors placed underneath a wheelchair's lapboard.
(3) After fusion, sitting tolerance was maintained but additional use of mobile arm supports, lapboards, and reaching aides was necessary for all patients.
(4) A straightback wooden chair adapted with armrests, a hip restrainer, and a lapboard with a removable midsection panel, plus an elevated slantboard, provided versatility and was functional as well.
Larboard
Definition:
(n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
(a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.