nearside

Definition

The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

Etymology

near + side

Example Sentences

• "An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...]."