bankside

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English

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Etymology

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From bank +‎ side.

Noun

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bankside (plural banksides)

  1. The land by a riverbank.
    • 1997, J. M. Caffrey, Philip R.F. Barrett, Kevin J. Murphy, Philip Max Wade, Management and ecology of freshwater plants:
      The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses.