nearside
IPA: nˈɪrsaɪd
noun
- (Britain) The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (astronomy) The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
- (US, historical) A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.
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Examples of "nearside" in Sentences
- It was stopped, abandoned in the nearside lane.
- Two are on the nearside of a net and one on the far side.
- Vehicles are expected to use the nearside most lane that is clear.
- Vehicles are expected to use the nearside most lane which is clear.
- Mare Marginis is a lunar mare that lies on the very edge of the lunar nearside.
- The result suggests that far-side crust was cooler and harder than that of the nearside.
- Deker swung the wheel, scraping the nearside fender against the metal rail so that sparks flew.
- I prefer the north as the mobility to the entire lunar nearside and farside is much greater than in the south.
- Instead, he carried on waving at his mates and giving them the rods, turning his head only at the last second to see the nearside of my car looming.
- A person who rides the (leading) nearside (left-hand side) horse drawing a coach or carriage, esp. when one pair only is used and there is no coachman.
- It had crashed down into the wall five or six leagues to port, sagging broken spined withone half on the nearside and the other half on the far side, like a colossal maggot trying to wriggle over an obstacle.
- One of the most intriguing aspects of the race was the fact that Excel Bolt came alone along the stands side rail, indicating that runners who decide to go down the nearside at this meeting may not be disadvantaged.
- I flailed my arms for a hold on the stone, and by the grace of God my left hand fell on the nearside rail, and I was hanging on for dear life, my chest on the stone, my bleeding belly below the brink of the chasm, and the rest of me dangling into the void.