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side wall en · NOUN

Etymology

Because each of the walls in question is located on a side of the court.

Meanings

  1. Either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see side, wall.
    • The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls. 1956 January, “New Permanent Way Equipment on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:

Forms

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sidewall alternative lexicographic
side walls Number=Plur lexicographic