nearside

noun

Etymology: near + side

1. The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

   “An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].”

2. The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
3. A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.