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sidehill

American  
[sahyd-hil] / ˈsaɪdˌhɪl /

noun

  1. a hillside.


Etymology

Origin of sidehill

First recorded in 1665–75; side 1 + hill

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The Perry Maxwell course challenges players with uneven and sidehill lies and undulating greens.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021

The course is essentially built in a bowl, which accounts for those sidehill lies.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 14, 2018

A hooked tee ball left me in the rough with a sidehill lie and a tree impeding my backswing.

From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 23, 2012

His next shot of about 250 yards off a downhill, sidehill lie was well short and right of the green.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2011

Some distance from them a bare shale-slide extended for half a mile along a sidehill, barren and devoid of all vegetation.

From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts

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