1. sidecast - Noun
2. sidecast - Verb
(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.
(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.
Source: en.wiktionary.org