Lochside

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The land bordering a loch.

    "Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bordering or near a loch. not-comparable

    "Until the Crinan Canal was opened in 1801 there was little on this lochside spot apart from a 7th-century church."

Example

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"Until the Crinan Canal was opened in 1801 there was little on this lochside spot apart from a 7th-century church."

Etymology

From loch + -side.

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