ˈland-side
† 1. The shore. Obs.
| a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon cxxiii. 443 He caste his ancre nere to the land syde. Ibid. clxi. 623 And then the waues brought me to the lond syde. |
2. The side towards the land or on which there is land (not water).
| 1840 Thirlwall Greece VII. 343 To assault the city on the land-side. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 181 Playing upon the edge, or land-side of the trench as it advances. 1875 W. M{supc}Ilwraith Guide Wigtownshire 51 On the accessible land-side a double line of protection was thus formed. |
3. The flat side of a plough which is turned towards the unploughed land.
| 1765 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) 239 The plough being confined on the land-side, and at liberty on the fur⁓side, which naturally gives it less land. 1875 in Knight Dict. Mech. |
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Add: [2.] b. transf. The side of an airport terminal building (hence, the area of an airport) to which the general public is allowed unrestricted access; contrasted with airside s.v. *air n.1 B. III. 1. Hence attrib., without art., and as adv.
| 1955 [see airside s.v. *air n.1 III. 1]. 1982 E. Connor Working at Airport 49/1 There are two main security functions at Gatwick. The first is to control access from landside to airside. 1984 Times 14 May 19/4 But if you want to eat at Gatwick there is more choice landside. 1986 A. M. Witton Buses Outer London (ed. 3) 41 In 1981 the British Airports Authority re-awarded the contract for providing internal ‘landside’ transport at Heathrow Airport. |