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nounsidehill (plural sidehills)
plural sidehills
- USThe side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.
By reason of this planning the line, which for much of its length has a sidehill location in river canyons with steep sides, was compelled to tunnel extensively, the 43 tunnels on the route having a combined length of 44,189 ft.
1941 March, “Notes and News: Modernising a Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 133Synonyms: hillside
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nounThe side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.
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