[f. BANK sb.1]
1. The sloping side of a bank.
1596. Spenser, State Irel., Wks. 1805, VIII. 367. They can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or bankside.
1834. Infant Hymnings (1842), 17.
| They are nestling together among the green leaves, | |
| In the hedge-row, the bank-side, or under our eaves. |
2. The margin of sea (obs.), lake or river.
a. 1618. Raleigh, Lett., in Rem. (1661), 238. When he came to the bank-side to Land.
1625. K. Long, trans. Barclay’s Argenis, IV. xx. 313. Being landed at the bank-side of the Lake.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 254. This Net is either thrown off from the Bank-side, or from a Boat.
1867. Times, 7 Oct., 6/5. Puts his hand into the water by the bank side, and brings out a fine trout.
† b. Name of the side of the Thames at Southwark opposite to London. (Cf. BANK sb.1 11.) Obs.
1599. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Hum., V. v. Some cunning woman here o’ the Banke-side.
1633. Massinger, New Way, IV. ii. You lodged upon the Bankside.
1721. Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. I. xvii. 142. The Bank-side where the Stews were.
