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Definition of Lay-by
1. Noun. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
Definition of Lay-by
1. Noun. (U.K.) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass. ¹
4. Noun. (Australia New Zealand South Africa) A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay-by
Literary usage of Lay-by
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... we lay by for them, and in a little while they came up with us, but never was
fuch a horrid fight feen by ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1900)
"CHAPTER XIV How on the way he heard two knights, as he lay by night in a valley,
and of their adventures. AND therewith he armed him ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... they have endeavoured, as far as in them " lay, by force and terror to compel
the Parliament to " join with them in their traitorous ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"A character in O'KEEFE'S 4 Wild Oats'(?•»•)• e lay by DION BOUCICAULT (?.». ....
lay by ..."
5. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1848)
"(From the Miser, act iii, by Thomas Shadwell, Esq.) COME, lay by your cares, and
hang up your sorrow; Drink on, he's a sot that e'er thinks on to-morrow; ..."
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