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bankside

noun

Etymology

From bank + side.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as bankside — “bank + side”

Definitions

  1. The land by a riverbank.

    • The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA