sidestick

Noun

sidestick (plural sidesticks)

1. A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.
   • The FDR showed that the captain immediately applied back pressure on his sidestick to arrest the pitch-down movement. The aircraft’s flight control system did not initially respond to the captain’s sidestick input, but after about 2 seconds the aircraft responded normally and the captain commenced...2011 December 19, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, “1.1.3 First in-flight upset (0442:27)”, in In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008, VH-QPA, Airbus A330-303, archived...
2. (historical) A sloped or beveled piece of wood or metal placed against the side of a page that is being typeset, and locked in place by quoins.
   • The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form .1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330
   • Neither the sidestick nor the footstick should project beyond the other, as it will prevent the quoins from passing, and in unlocking will give a great deal of trouble.1863, H. Morgan, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Printing, page 53