overside

English

Etymology 1

1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over +‎ side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/

Adjective

overside (not comparable)

1. Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.

   overside cargo

   • 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.

2. On the opposite side.

Adverb

overside (not comparable)

1. Over the side.

   The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.

   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

     Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.

Etymology 2

From over- +‎ side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪd/

Noun

overside (plural oversides)

1. The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
   • 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:

     […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]

   • 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:

     While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

   • 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:

     This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

2. The reverse or opposite side.

   the overside of the record

Antonyms

• underside

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From over- +‎ side.

Noun

overside f or m (definite singular oversida or oversiden, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From over- +‎ side.

Noun

overside f (definite singular oversida, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.