lochside

lochside

English

Etymology

    From loch + -side.

    Adjective

    lochside (not comparable)

    1. Bordering or near a loch.
      • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 138, about Crinan:
        Until the Crinan Canal was opened in 1801 there was little on this lochside spot apart from a 7th-century church.
      • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
        [] a BBC behind-the-scenes documentary about the royal family’s life, showing the royals watching television, meeting visitors, holding a lochside barbecue while on holiday at Balmoral and even buying sweets in a local shop.

    Noun

    lochside (plural lochsides)

    1. The land bordering a loch.
      • 2011, Iain R. Thomson, Isolation Shepherd:
        Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen.

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