spear side
📖 Definitions
noun
1. The male line of descent.
2. The male part of a family, group, etc.
💬 Usage Examples
“If I wanted to be facetious, I would declare that I am descended from Turing’s machine on my spear side, and from a library on my spindle side.” Stanislaw Lem; Imaginary Magnitude; Harcourt Brace; 1981. “With [Gabby] Logan being lined up as one of the faces of BBC Sport and with Jacqui Oatley doing a decent job on Match of the Day, the distaff side may soon equalise against the spear side.” Andrew Tong; Captain Terry Is Subjected to Fresh Trial by Gabby; The Independent on Sunday (London, UK); May 6, 2007.