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trailside

trailside

1 3.4
The area next to a trail or path
  • noun
  • /ˈtreɪlˌsaɪd/
translation icon : margen del sendero
  • In the near distance, off the trailside, stands a Celtic cross—round head on a skirted body.
  • trailside brush
  • trailside repairs
  • trailside rocks

Examples

  • He held a little bunch of trailside wildflowers in one hand.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Setting up a trailside table in New Hampshire's White Mountains, they asked the first hiker coming by to test the stove.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In my teens, I was on a school bus shuttling skiers to the Trailside Lodge in Vermont.

    Blog text (34)
  • Meanwhile, his man in charge in the Congo took to drink, and steamboat boilers rusted on the trailside.

    Academic text (1998)
  • There are three places on the Appalachian Trail where dogs are not allowed: on the 70 miles of the trail that runs through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, on the 15 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Baxter State Park in Maine, and on the approximately one-mile section in New York at the Bear Mountain State Park Trailside Museum and Wildlife Center.

    Blog text (31)
  • As I walked along the path, I noticed the vibrant wildflowers blooming trailside.

  • We set up our picnic on a grassy area trailside, enjoying the soothing sound of rustling leaves.

  • The children explored the trailside, collecting unique stones and observing different plants.

Synonyms

wayside
vstrailside
27 5.8

The edge of a road or path often with plants

is the nearby area directly beside a path used for walking
verge
vstrailside
  • UK
3 3.6

A strip of grass at the edge of a road

is the area beside a path rather than a grassy border

Antonyms

2 5.9

Away from a marked path when walking in nature

Surface Forms

trailside singular
trailsides plural

Morphology

trailside = trail + side (transparent) = trail + side

Compound formation 'trail' + 'side' forms a noun meaning the area beside a trail; this is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Trailside comes from the two simple words trail ('a path') and side ('next to'), so the trailside is the area right beside a path. That is why you can stop at the trailside to rest or pick wild berries.