"distaff side" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “female side”",
      "word": "spear side"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distaff sides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "distaff side (plural distaff sides)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The female or maternal branch of a family."
      ],
      "id": "en-distaff_side-en-noun-eZFy8IOf",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "maternal",
          "maternal"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spindeside"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natesaoba dedis xazit",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "word": "ნათესაობა დედის ხაზით"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natesaoba dedis mxridan",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "word": "ნათესაობა დედის მხრიდან"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "word": "po kądzieli"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kvinnolinjen"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spinnsidan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "distaff side"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “female side”",
      "word": "spear side"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distaff sides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "distaff side (plural distaff sides)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The female or maternal branch of a family."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "maternal",
          "maternal"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spindeside"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natesaoba dedis xazit",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "word": "ნათესაობა დედის ხაზით"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natesaoba dedis mxridan",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "word": "ნათესაობა დედის მხრიდან"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "word": "po kądzieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvinnolinjen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female or maternal branch of a family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spinnsidan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "distaff side"
}