wayside

noun, adj — 3 senses

wayside

noun

/ˈweɪsaɪd/

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

1

The side of a road or path.

Many wild flowers grew on the wayside.

2

A rest area.

Derived terms: fall by the wayside, go by the wayside, wayside cross, wayside pulpit

wayside

adj

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

1

Situated near the side of a road or path.

We stopped at a wayside pub.
Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R.1957 August 23, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529:

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