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ˈland-side †1. The shore. Obs.
a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxxiii. 443 He caste his ancre nere to the land syde. Ibid. clxi. 623 And then the waues brought me to the lond syde. 2. The side towards the land or on which there is land (not water).
1840Thirlwall Greece VII. 343 To assault the city on the land-side. 1852C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 181 Playing upon the edge, or land-side of the trench as it advances. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 51 On the accessible land-side a double line of protection was thus formed. 3. The flat side of a plough which is turned towards the unploughed land.
1765A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) 239 The plough being confined on the land-side, and at liberty on the fur⁓side, which naturally gives it less land. 1875in Knight Dict. Mech.
Add:[2.] b. transf. The side of an airport terminal building (hence, the area of an airport) to which the general public is allowed unrestricted access; contrasted with airside s.v. *air n.1 B. III. 1. Hence attrib., without art., and as adv.
1955[see airside s.v. *air n.1 III. 1]. 1982E. Connor Working at Airport 49/1 There are two main security functions at Gatwick. The first is to control access from landside to airside. 1984Times 14 May 19/4 But if you want to eat at Gatwick there is more choice landside. 1986A. M. Witton Buses Outer London (ed. 3) 41 In 1981 the British Airports Authority re-awarded the contract for providing internal ‘landside’ transport at Heathrow Airport. |