bankside

[ bangk-sahyd ]

noun

1. the slope of the bank of a stream or river.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bankside¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; bank ¹ + side ¹

Example Sentences

The Bankside had for many years been associated in the minds of Londoners with "sports and pastimes."

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He went to bed in good health, says Langbaine, and was found dead in the morning, in his own house on the Bankside.

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The bankside where the grey orchard twisted its trees, was a steep declivity, long and sharp, dropping down to the garden.

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The bear in the Winter's Tale was no doubt a real bear got from a bear pit, near by in the Bankside.

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It is pleasant to think of Bankside and the fields beyond it—the pleasure garden of London.

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