Bankside

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The land by a riverbank.

    "The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses."

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"The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses."

Etymology

From bank + side.

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