sidehilln.
/ˈsʌɪdhɪl/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌhɪl/ Now North American.
A hillside; (an area of) sloping ground.
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 700 If the nets stand vppon a side hill, or a steepe Rocke, then when he is insnared he will get out with no difficulty.
1674 in S. A. Green Early Rec. Groton, Mass. (1880) 178 Bounded on the north with the sidhill.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 44 The steep side-hills, which form the small but handsome vale of Ashcombe.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 61 I arrived upon a side-hill, or rather side-mountain.
1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 85 As to the safety of the ascent, no one need hesitate who is free from settled prejudice against a side-hill.
1933 J. Steinbeck Red Pony in N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 422/2 The squirrels piped shrilly on the side-hills.
1983 P. St. Pierre Smith & Other Events 21 He did not lead her to their tent but instead they went up the sidehill which rose at the edge of the grounds.
2006 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 70 1810/1 The assistant also classified each transmitter location as a canyon bottom, side hill, ridge, or flat.
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C1. General attributive.
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1708 London Gaz. No. 4489/3 The Fee-simple and Inheritance of the Manor of Park-Manston,..containing..46 Acres of Uplands, or Side-hill-Lands,..are to be sold.
1861 H. Stephens & R. S. Burn Bk. Farm-buildings §1762 Plan of second storey of American side-hill barn.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 219 They walked down the side-hill street.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 22/1 If you have a chance to buy a sidehill lot, especially if it has a view, take it.
1976 N. Maclean River runs through It 137 On a steep sidehill trail, the up side can be as high as your hand, so you can almost brush those rattlesnakes as you swing along.
2001 Golf Mag. Feb. 89/1 Another good way to feel the correct shoulder pivot is to practice hitting mid-irons, or simply take practice shots, from a sidehill lie with the ball above your feet.
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sidehill plough n. (also sidehill plow) chiefly U.S. a plough that can be made to throw the furrow slice to either one side or the other (e.g. downhill when the plough is moving across a slope), regardless of the direction of the plough across the slope.Also called a turnwrest plough and a swivel plough.
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1824 New Eng. Farmer 8 May 328/3 (advt.) For sale..Sinclair's Side Hill Plough.
1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 239 I plow and harrow again, and then in a few days back-furrow in ridges with a side hill plow.
1917 F. Tilden Second Wind vi. 56 The ground which was to receive potatoes, had to be done with a two-horse side-hill plough.
2006 P. Oliver Built to meet Needs xviii. 324 Modifications to existing equipment were often the result of deliberate problem-solving to meet perceived needs in agriculture, like the side-hill plough.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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