nearside

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Definition of nearside

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noun

(British)The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

“An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].”

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noun

(British)The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

“An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].”
The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
(US, historical)A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.

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