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lay-by|ˈleɪbaɪ|
Also lay-bye.
[f. lay v.1 + by adv.]
A. n.
1. a. A ‘slack’ part of a river in which barges are laid by out of use.
1826J. Kay Let. 7 July in N. & Q. (1960) Apr. 148/1, I have given permission for a Laybye to be formed in the bank of the Canal near Thornhill Bridge. 1879E. J. Castle Law of Rating 61 Pumping station, wharf, lay-by for barges. 1891Field 7 Mar. 344/2 A lay⁓by near Windsor Bridge. 1892Ibid. 17 Sept. 454/3 Screened lay-byes and deep pools. 1899Daily News 9 May 3/1 There is a river frontage to the Thames of 160 ft. with private dock and lay-by for three barges.
b. A railway siding.
1906Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 7/1 A heavy goods train had left the up-line..and run into a short lay-by. 1955L. T. C. Rolt Red for Danger x. 206 He therefore signalled the L.M.S. goods out of the lay-by, but the driver stopped in Charfield station for water.
c. An area adjoining a road where vehicles may park without interfering with the traffic.
1939[see draw-in (draw n. 12 a)]. 1950Engineering 17 Nov. 387/2 Stopping places off the carriageway in the form of lay-bys. 1959Manch. Guardian 1 July 5/4 The emergence of a new type of picnic—the lay-by high tea... On any arterial road you can see the family saloons..heave into the lay-by. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 8 Aug. 4/3 We enjoyed a Sunday picnic in a forest layby and then returned to Holland. 1972Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 3/2 Caravanners who park in lay-bys causing litter and hygiene problems will face prosecution. 1973Times 30 Apr. 14/1 My correspondent at the front owns a weekend cottage in Norfolk and was in the habit of collecting his empty wine bottles and baked bean cans and dumping them in the lay-by bins on the way home on Sundays. 1973People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 4 Aug. 8/2 The holidaymakers had stopped in a lay-by at Oban and Miss Coldrick thinks she left the camera on the car boot.
2. a. Something laid by or saved; savings.
1894Baring-Gould Kitty Alone III. 65, I had gone with all my little lay-by to get you out of your difficulties.
b. A system of payment whereby a purchaser puts down a deposit on an article, which is then kept on one side for him until he has paid the full price. Also transf., and as v. Chiefly Austral. and N.Z.
1930Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct. 4 (Advt.), Avail yourself of our lay-by service. 1943Amer. Speech XVIII. 95 [New Zealand] A few trade names have caught the public fancy, and become generalized..A system of hire-purchase called the ‘Lay-by’ has resulted in the verb ‘layby’, pronounced and written as one word. 1944W. E. Harney Taboo (ed. 3) 154 He did not complain, for it was to him a tribal law and custom—a lay-by system to protect him when he was old. 1957Rhodesia Herald 16 Mar. (Advt.), Lay-Byes Accepted Now. 1960Times 25 June 9/4 When in Australia..I was bewildered to find this expression ‘Lay by’ used widely in large shops, until I discovered that it meant that the management would put aside articles for customers. 1969Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 26/8 (Advt.), Goldfish, tropical. Full range plants, access... Lay-by or terms. Get your discount card now.
B. attrib. or adj. Intended to be ‘laid by’.
1804W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 492 You might..have executed..a correct and expurgated copy for a lay-by edition. |