wellside
Etymology
From well + -side.
wellside means the area beside a well. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
noun
- The area beside a well.“1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 777-779,
Once againe for a husband, & in faith Celanta I have got the start of you; Belike husbands growe by the Well side […]”
- The side of a well.“Fairway then lit a lantern, tied it to another cord, and began lowering it into the well beside the first. Clym came forward and looked down. Strange humid leaves, which knew nothing of the seasons of the year, and quaint-natured mosses were revealed on the wellside as the lantern descended […]”