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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

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

The ninth hole is persistent peril, a par-4, 505 yards, with a canted-right fairway that leaves the good player a sidehill, downhill, 200-yard shot to a green too small for such demands.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 16, 2010

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.

From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe

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