the edge of a road; area close to the side of a road
on, near, or along the side of a road
wayside Idioms
go by the wayside
to be put aside, shelved, or discarded
adjective
- The definition of wayside is by the side of the road.
An example of something wayside is a wayside rest stop that is next to the highway.
- Wayside is defined as on or near the edge of the road.
An example of the wayside is the sidewalk.
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wayside
noun
The side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway.
adjective
Situated at or near the side of a road, way, path, or highway: a wayside inn.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Situated near the side of a road or path
- We stopped at a wayside pub.
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Sentence Examples
- The arrangement at a wayside station is shown at W.
- The signboard of a wayside inn near Goring Heath in Oxfordshire long bore a portrait of the king with couplets reciting how his majesty "drank from the bowl, and bowl'd for what he drank."
- One of the most interesting topics of study is the trails along which the seasonal and annual migrations of tribes occurred, becoming in Peru the paved road, with suspension bridges and wayside inns, or tambos.
- Then would their children grow stately as noble trees, and their thoughts sweet and pure as wayside flowers.
- Preached the first crusade, proclaimed a weekly truce for all Christendom, adding a guarantee of safety to all who might take refuge at a wayside cross or at the plough.
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