hearthside adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Used to identify something as normally being in the area of the fireplace.A hearthside rug. •Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.Every Wednesday we have a hearthside meeting of the family.This is a good hearthside book. noun1 •The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.“How much death must an old king have seen on the field of war, in the play of swords, without its grinning jaw coming over his own hearthside.” — 1961 formshearthsides