(chiefly UK) The area by and around thesea; including thebeach,promenade or cliffs
Thissummer, I'm going to theseaside atWeymouth - I'm very excited about it!
1907, John A. Glover-Kind, “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”:
I do like to be beside theseaside! Oh, I do like to be beside the sea! I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom, While the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray,Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page128:
James never cared much for thesea-side, but developed a passionate love for the Westmoreland mountains, getting to know most of them as an energetic fell walker, preferring this to rock climbing.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, inRAIL, number948, page27:
The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popularseaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.
