ENDWAYS


Meaning of ENDWAYS in English

/ ˈendweɪz; NAmE / (also end·wise /-waɪz/) adverb

1.

(also ˌendways / ˌendwise ˈon ) ( of an object ) with one end facing up, forwards, or towards the person who is looking at it :

We turned the table endways to get it through the doors.

The first picture was taken from the side of the building, and the second one endways on.

2.

with the end of one thing touching the end of another :

The stones are laid down endways to make a path.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.