nearside
Britishnoun
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the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
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( as modifier ) Compare offside
the nearside door
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the left side of an animal, team of horses, etc
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( as modifier )
the nearside flank
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Staffordshire Police said the HGV hit nearside and central barriers before turning over and spilling the fuel.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
Later satellite observations found that these titanium-rich volcanic rocks are primarily located on the moon's nearside, but how and why they got there has remained a mystery -- until now.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
And in the middle of a game, I was going for a nearside backhand, and I didn’t do anything wrong, he goes, ‘You’re pulling too hard on the horse!’
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023
That’s the camera that runs along the nearside sideline.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020
Forty teams of finely bred Shire horses moving out from the farm with stately gait, each driver sitting astride of his nearside horse's comfortable back.
From The Way of the Strong by Ridgwell Cullum
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