woodside

plural woodsides

1. The side of a wood; the land that borders a wood.

   In the long light evenings scores of rabbits grazed along the woodsides...

   2008, M D Haviland, Lives of the Fur Folk

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   The action was commenced by emulous skirmishers, who crawled from the woodsides, and annoyed each other from coverts of ridge, stump, and stone heap.

   1866, George Alfred Townsend, Campaigns of a non-combatant

   I wandered down the woodside way, / Where branching doors ope with the breeze, / And saw a little child at play / Among the strong and lovely trees.

   1907, Ethelwyn Wetherald, The Last Robin: Lyrics and Sonnets

plural Woodsides

1. A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:
   1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Winkfield parish, Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9371).
   2. countableuncountableA suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3467).
   3. countableuncountableA village next to Burrelton, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037).
2. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. countableuncountableA town in San Mateo County, California.
   2. countableuncountableA township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Queens, New York City.
3. countableuncountableA locality near Greytown, South Wairarapa territorial authority, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.
4. countableuncountableA locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
5. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
6. countableuncountableA surname.