openside
noun
openside is a noun meaning “The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-P-E-N-S-I-D-E, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of openside is opensides.
What does openside mean?
noun
- 1
The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline.
- 2
Ellipsis of openside flanker.
The openside packs down at the scrum on the openside.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of openside
- opensides plural
- open side
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is openside?
Openside appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does openside come from?
From open + side.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).