a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
2.
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
clearway in American English
(ˈklɪərˌwei)
noun
Brit
a road on which only emergency stops are permitted
Word origin
[1880–85, for an earlier sense; clear + way1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, highball, interface, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'clearway' in a sentence
clearway
We were given an instruction not to stop there as it was a clearway.