sidecast

== English == === Alternative forms === side-cast side cast === Etymology === From side +‎ cast. === Pronunciation === === Verb === sidecast (third-person singular simple present sidecasts, present participle sidecasting, simple past and past participle sidecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) sidecasted) (engineering) To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away. (fishing) To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod. === Noun === sidecast (countable and uncountable, plural sidecasts) (engineering) Debris left next to a construction site from sidecasting. (engineering) A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting. (fishing) A type of reel with a spool that rotates on a fixed base through 90 degrees to allow sidecasting. (drafting) A calculation or figure that is listed in a table beside a drawing that gives a value which cannot be read directly from the drawing. === Anagrams === die-casts, diecasts