lochside

English

Etymology

From loch +‎ -side.

Adjective

lochside (not comparable)

1. Bordering or near a loch.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 138, about Crinan:

     Until the Crinan Canal was opened in 1801 there was little on this lochside spot apart from a 7th-century church.

   • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎:

     […] a BBC behind-the-scenes documentary about the royal family’s life, showing the royals watching television, meeting visitors, holding a lochside barbecue while on holiday at Balmoral and even buying sweets in a local shop.

Noun

lochside (plural lochsides)

1. The land bordering a loch.
   • 2011, Iain R. Thomson, Isolation Shepherd:

     Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen.

Anagrams

• cheloids, ochlesid, scholied