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ˈbank-ˈside
[f. bank n.1]
1. The sloping side of a bank.
1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. 1805 VIII. 367 They can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or bankside. 1834Infant Hymnings 20 They are nestling together..In the hedge-row, the bank-side, or under the eaves.
2. The margin of sea (obs.), lake, or river.
a1618Raleigh Lett. in Rem. (1661) 238 When he came to the bank-side to Land. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iv. xx. 313 Being landed at the bank-side of the Lake. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 254 This Net is either thrown off from the Bank-side, or from a Boat. 1867Times 7 Oct., Puts his hand into the water by the bankside.
†b. Name of the side of the Thames at Southwark opposite to London. (Cf. bank n.1 11.) Obs.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. v, Some cunning woman here o' the Banke-side. 1633Massinger New Way iv. ii, You lodged upon the Bankside. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. II. i. xvii. 142 The Bank-side where the Stews were. |