wayside

From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way +‎ side.

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪsaɪd/

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wayside (plural waysides)

1. The side of a road or path.

   Many wild flowers grew on the wayside.

2. A rest area.

• fall by the wayside
• go by the wayside
• wayside pulpit

wayside (not comparable)

1. Situated near the side of a road or path.

   We stopped at a wayside pub.

• “wayside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• sideway