sidesplit

plural sidesplits · alternative side-split

1. A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.

   It hadn't been Quirk's childhood home, a spacious suburban sidesplit Ted had seen only after it had been sold and only from the outside.

   2008, Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact, page 72

2. gymnasticsA split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.

   For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit.

   1982, Culture and Life, page 44