The nearside wheels, lights, or doors of a vehicle are those nearest the edge of the road when the vehicle is being driven on the correct side of the road. In Britain, the nearside is on the left.
[British]
The nearside front tyre had been slashed.
2. singular noun
The nearside of a vehicle is the side that is nearest the edge of the road when the vehicle isbeing driven on the correct side of the road.
[British]
It hit the kerb on the nearside and seemed to ricochet across the road on two wheels.
nearside in British English
(ˈnɪəˌsaɪd)
noun
1. the nearside
2.
a.
the left side of an animal, team of horses, etc
b.
(as modifier)
the nearside flank
Examples of 'nearside' in a sentence
nearside
The buckle of the neckstrap lies on the nearside.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
He returned to the nearside of the car and did make some attempt to follow this drill.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Truck and bus drivers don't stand a chance if cyclists insist on riding along their nearside.