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pierside

pierside adjective: alongside a pier.

Adjective

pierside (not comparable)

  1. Alongside a pier.
    • The station's style included two curved passenger walkways sweeping pierside and a steeply pitched verandah roof running along its inner side.2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52

Origin of pierside

From pier + -side.

Questions about pierside

What does pierside mean?
Pierside means alongside a pier.
What part of speech is pierside?
Pierside is an adjective.

Words near pierside in the dictionary

  1. piers
  2. Piersall
  3. Piersalls
  4. Pierse
  5. Piershill
  6. pierside
  7. Piersma
  8. Piersol
  9. Piersols
  10. Pierson
  11. pierst

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