trailside
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of trailside
First recorded in 1940–45; trail ( def. ) + side 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Kim Sieb, a former national park ranger turned vortex tour guide and spiritual healer, became the owner of Sedona Mystical Tours in 2020 after the former owner approached her at a trailside parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
It’s not just his astonishingly off-putting trailside manner.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023
“That means picking up their poop, and packing it out, not leaving it trailside to pick up later.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
Before the shelter-in-place, my favorite spot was a rotting log at the intersection of a pair of trails used heavily by runners who barely registered me in the trailside gully with my cellphone.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
I left my pack propped against a big rock at the trailside and went with our water bottles and the filter down to the pond edge and filled up.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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