landside

English

Etymology

From land +‎ -side.

Adjective

landside (not comparable)

1. Inland; away from the sea.
2. In the freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.

   I had to remain landside because I did not have a boarding card.

   • 2006 October 15, Roger Collis, “Airport Lounge Programs: How to Get In (and How Much They Cost)”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     You can relax, or catch up with work, safe in the knowledge that it’s just a few yards to the gate, assuming the lounge is “airside” (not “landside”).

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “outside the secure zone of an airport”): airside

Noun

landside (plural landsides)

2. The flat bottom part of a plough.

   Coordinate terms: ploughshare, mouldboard, coulter

3. The freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.

   Antonym: airside

Related terms

• land

 

Anagrams

• Dinsdale, islanded