boatside
boatside noun: the side of a boat.
Noun
boatside (plural boatsides)
- The side of a boat.
- At that same moment Gregson, excited too, flattened him against the boatside so that he could not move.1947, Herbert Ernest Bates, The Cruise of the Breadwinner, page 41
- And as they leaned over the boatside, and looked into the dead calm, up came the three bubbles, and broke in three small sighs.1952, Laurence Housman, The kind and the foolish, page 83
Adjective
boatside (not comparable)
- Near or for boats.
- 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.1878, “A Walk below Bridge”, in All the Year Round, volume 21, page 545
- While in an airport waiting for a flight, he read an article about a new firm named Boatside Services that was offering boatside fueling, polishing, oil changes and head pump-outs.1999 April, Bill Lindsey, “Rite of Passage”, in Boating, volume 73, number 4, page 152
Adverb
boatside (comparative more boatside, superlative most boatside)
- 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.1983, Wildlife in North Carolina - Volume 47, page 17
- In many catch-and-release muskellunge tournaments, musky length is measured boatside by a witness.2006, Wisconsin Natural Resources - Volumes 30-31, page 14
Examples of boatside in a sentence
- Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.2012, Jay Cassell, The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and .Techniques:
- Boatside strikes on a figure eight are one of the most thrilling moments in muskie fishing.2008, Jack Burns, Rob Kimm, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Muskie, page 62:
- The exhausted fish came boatside and was aptly secured in the net.2017, C.L. Marshall, Hunting & Fishing the Chesapeake:
Forms of boatside
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boatsides |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more boatside |
| superlative | most boatside |
Origin of boatside
From boat + side.
Questions about boatside
- What does boatside mean?
- Boatside means the side of a boat.
- How do you use boatside in a sentence?
- Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.
- What part of speech is boatside?
- Boatside can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- What is the plural of boatside?
- The plural of boatside is boatsides.
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