mountainsiden.
/ˈmaʊntᵻnsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)nˌsaɪd/ The sloping surface of a mountain below the summit. Also figurative.
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a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 41 (MED) By a mountayne syide þai dweld.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 67 (MED) Now am I sett to kepe, vnder thys montayn syde, Byshope Iettyr shepe.
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 201v The rugged mountayne side Shall with the gushing bubbles of my dropping bloud be dyde.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §7. 486 Shimei..holding himselfe vpon the aduantage of a mountaine side.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 205 He..hurld against the Mountain side, His quiv'ring Spear.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ix. 388 Wild forest trees the mountain sides array'd With curling foliage.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 123 We went along the mountain-side for a time.
1913 J. Hulbert in Granta 7 Mar. 255/1 No man is helped up the mountain side of toil by undue ragging.
a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) ix. 286 (caption) A recent ‘end-of-world’ forecast was the catastrophe predicted by Indian astrologists in 1962. In Britain, a mountain-side prayer meeting was held to avert this disaster.
1989 R. J. Smith Unknown CIA v. 85 The physical beauty of Taiwan was stunning. The mountainsides were lush with bamboo groves, firs,..rush grasses and ferns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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