side-on, adv. and a.
[side n.1 + on adv. 7 b; cf. head-on adv. and a.]
A. adv. (ˈside-ˈon). With one side directed towards the point of reference; from the side. B. adj. (ˈside-on). Directed from or towards one side; indirect. Of a collision: involving the meeting of one side of a vehicle with an object.
| 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xiv. 154 His farm is side-on to the Newbridge road. 1928 Daily Mail 16 Aug. 13/7 Side-on collisions frequently occur owing to blurred side curtains. 1960 Times 10 June 19/1 He may have been a little more side-on at the moment of delivery. 1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xi. 156 One of our delegation was sitting with a side-on view of the rostrum. 1977 J. Cleary Vortex viii. 204 Wind was hitting the car side-on. |