From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe roadsidethe roadsideTTRthe edge of the roadon/by/at the roadside a van parked by the roadside → roadside
Examples from the Corpus
on/by/at the roadside• Some children spotted the feet sticking out of the bushes by the roadside.• Children came out to play see-saw with an old plank they had found at the roadside.• Rev Ian Paisley at the roadside where he answered a call of nature.• A lorry similar to theirs was parked by the roadside and on the site there was feverish activity.• I had a vision of the little green car waiting quietly at the roadside.• I came across Gandhi in the early morning sitting by the roadside eating a regulation army biscuit.• Most of the children were treated by the roadside for cuts and bruises some of them were in shock.• And who knows what creep will be waiting on the roadside to accompany them. 