portside

American  

[pawrt-sahyd, pohrt-] / ˈpɔrtˌsaɪd, ˈpoʊrt- /

adjective

1. on a waterfront or near a port.

2. Nautical. on the port side of a vessel.

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Example Sentences

It’s one of several portside communities known by some as a “diesel death zone,” where residents are more likely to die from cancer than just about anywhere else in the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Among items retrieved and lifted with air bags were the ship's lookout bell, a portside navigation lamp, binoculars, ceramic tiles from Turkish baths, and equipment from first- and second-class cabins.

From BBC

Beautiful crab legs are cooked right out front of their portside location, where you’ll inevitably be greeted by a long line of people eager to feast.

From Salon

Francis was welcomed at the windy portside where the conference centre is located by President Emmanuel Macron, with whom he was due to have a private meeting later on Saturday before returning to Rome.

From Reuters

Neither the pope nor Aveline named any Mediterranean governments during the portside event, which had echoes of Francis' first visit as pope - in 2013 to Lampedusa, where he paid tribute to migrants who died at sea and condemned "the globalisation of indifference".

From Reuters