the side, or bank, of a body of water; the riverside, lakeside, or seaside
different flowerings on the bankside
adjective
3.
growing, being, or occurring on the bankside
bankside in American English
(ˈbæŋkˌsaid)
noun
the slope of the bank of a stream or river
Word origin
[1590–1600; bank1 + side1]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fixture, jolt, tea, tube, volunteer
Examples of 'bankside' in a sentence
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Naturally, also, they use all the bankside cover available to disguise their approach.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is also asking bankside fishermen to throw back all the fish they catch.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The bankside mosses and liverworts, though, seemed oblivious, carrying on regardless.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Open-air cinema screens could add variety to diversion and bankside pool halls would not come amiss.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I was walking up a river when, close to a bankside stile, something caught my eye.