sidehill

[ sahyd-hil ]

noun

1. a hillside.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidehill¹

First recorded in 1665–75; side ¹ + hill

Example Sentences

Toward this they went, following the sidehill and gradually dipping down 238 through heavy underbrush.

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MacQueen had resaddled after their luncheon, and they were climbing a long sidehill that looked over a dry valley.

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Looked me square in the eye, and told me to be careful with sidehill ditches, and so on, just as if it didn't affect him at all.

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Somehow the joke got out, and old Pipe rent his garments and swore vengeance on the Sidehill Whirlwind.

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They were ascending a narrow trail which ran 256 along the sidehill through the timber.

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