clearway

American

[kleer-wey] / ˈklɪərˌweɪ /

noun

British.

a road on which only emergency stops are permitted.

clearway British

/ ˈklɪəˌweɪ /

noun

a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
an area at the end of a runway over which an aircraft taking off makes its initial climb: it is under the control of the airport

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Etymology

Origin of clearway

1880–85, for an earlier sense; clear + way ¹

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