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Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship. quotations examples
It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9
On the opposite side. examples
Over the side. examples
plural oversides
The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface. quotations examples
[…] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]
1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547
While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.
1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13
This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.
1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41
The reverse or opposite side of something. examples