The side or slope of a cliff, especially the part facing outward or the area along the edge of a cliff.
From English 'cliff' (Old English cleif, from Old Norse klif meaning steep rock) + 'side' (Old English sīde meaning flank or edge). The compound emerged in modern English to describe the lateral geography of cliff formations.
Cliffside is one of those words that seems simple but reveals how English speakers naturally combine directional words to describe landscape features—you'll find it in countless place names from Cornwall to California, showing how geography shapes our vocabulary.
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