Meaning of Offside | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An offside play.
2. The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
   Australia, British
3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
4. The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
   British

Equivalents

Examples

“My offside wing mirror got snapped off.”

“They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour.”

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