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bankside

noun
bank·​side | \ ˈbaŋk-ˌsīd \

Definition of bankside 

: the slope of a bank especially of a stream

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 Behind those bankside reeds lay hardwood forests, which axmen cleared next. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "How New Orleans was founded in 1718: Indecision, contingency, discord and serendipity," 10 Jan. 2018 Whatever the origins, it's been called Algiers for well over 200 years. Algiers' bankside position, too, had a fluid vocabulary. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "How Algiers grudgingly became part of New Orleans," 8 Aug. 2017 The Rising Tide by Jason deCaires Taylor (2015) – Jason deCaires Taylor's installation of the Four Horseman has been placed near the bankside of Vauxall Bridge. — CNN, "Renaissance 'Book of Miracles' shows gruesome visions of the apocalypse," 17 July 2017 In 2012 the management of Shakespeare’s Globe — the splendid replica of the Elizabethan open-air playhouse, built on the bankside of the Thames in London — was considering possible eye-catching new initiatives. — Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, "Their Hours Upon the Stage: Performing ‘Hamlet’ Around the World," 21 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of bankside

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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