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open-sided

American  
[oh-puhn-sahy-did] / ˈoʊ pənˈsaɪ dɪd /

adjective

  1. having a side or sides open.


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Marsha Ginsberg’s set featured an open-sided gold box that rotated and moved on and off stage—it became the scriptorium and the abbot’s domain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

With that as my only preflight instruction, I made my way to the bright red, 25-seat, open-sided TMZ tour bus.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2023

Transport Scotland is planning to build a mile-long open-sided tunnel on the road, on the mountain pass known as the Rest and Be Thankful.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2023

They cheered wildly when Francis began a languid loop around the airfields in his open-sided popemobile, some of them running alongside or waving flags.

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2023

More than seven hundred of them shelled out two dollars apiece to sit in nine special open-sided viewing cars; the rest paid a dollar fifty for regular coach seats.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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