Offside

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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