Boatside

adj, adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The side of a boat.

    "At that same moment Gregson, excited too, flattened him against the boatside so that he could not move."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Near or for boats. not-comparable

    "There are low little bulging timber-houses to be soon seen; boatside dwelling-places for boatside men, wherein they can still exercise tarring and " shivering," and belaying, and some rat-catching, surely, and be quite at home."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Beside a boat.

    "When he of the men hooked a cobia, the level of their voices picked up and soon—too soon—they had it boatside."

Example

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"At that same moment Gregson, excited too, flattened him against the boatside so that he could not move."

Etymology

From boat + side.

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