side n For combs. in sense 2: EDD ~ sb1 1 (19) ~ lichts Sh I; DC ~ sleigh Nfld (1964).
1 Either of two vertical sections of netting forming the 'walls' of a cod-trap.
P 9-73 Most cod traps are made in four pieces. Two sides, the bottom and the leader... Side here means from the middle of the back to the side of the mouth.
2 Comb side camp: temporary shelter in the woods with a sloping roof and open front (P 148-60); BACK a: ~ TILT, LEAN-TO.
1971 CASEY 238 We had to build camps, side camps with a big fire lit between 'em.
side head: see HEAD n 4.
side lights: whiskers on side of face.
1893 Trade Review Christmas No 15 We arrived at LaManche at 8 p.m., and were boarded by twenty Cornish miners, in full forehead and side-lights, and giving off a full perfume of genuine Jamaica. 1925 Dial Notes v, 342 ~ s. Hair on either cheek extending down to the lobe of the ear.
side rope, ~ line: length of rope along the top of each runner of a 'komatik,' used to secure load (P 80-78).
side sleigh: horse-drawn sled for winter use, occupants facing the side of the road; CATAMARAN.
1895 J A Folklore viii, 38 Catamaran [is used] in Newfoundland ... to denote a wood-sled, and, when side sleighs were first introduced, applied to them. [1896] 1906 FRASER 181 But the Newfoundlanders have a conveyance of their own for winter—the side sleigh—which a Canadian described to me as anything but a comfortable vehicle, it being quite impossible to keep one's feet warm in it, though it had its advantages in the ease with which one can get off and on. 1960 Daily News 29 Aug, p. 4 A complete museum should have on display not only a catamaran but also a side sleigh, an old-fashioned dog-sled if one is to be found, a long cart, and although a few may still be found in use, a box-cart. M 67-17 Established 'cabmen,' who, with their horse-drawn 'victorias' and 'side-sleighs,' had enjoyed up to then, a monopoly in the field of hired transportation.
side stick: one of a number of beams fastened to sides of a sealing vessel to enable sealers to leave or re-join the ship in the ice-floes.
1922 Sat Ev Post 195, 2 Sep, p. 10 They had slid down the ropes to the side sticks, or horizontal rope-hung timbers, and were ready to spring. 1924 ENGLAND 159 Soon the skins were loaded, ghastly under torch flames; and the black-faced men came swarming up the side sticks. 1936 SMITH 52 At 12.30 the order was given, and all hands were out with flagpoles and flags. You could jump on a whitecoat from the ship's sidesticks if you wished to do so. 1972 BROWN 35 'Side sticks'—the sort of primitive ladders that sealers used when going up and down over the sides.
side tilt: see side camp above; TILT.
1883 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 30 We built two fine side tilts facing each other covered with birch bark and made a fire between which sufficed for both.
