From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlay-byˈlay-by noun (plural lay-bys) [countable] British EnglishTTR a space next to a road where vehicles can stop
Examples from the Corpus
lay-by• Dozens of officers descended when one convoy stopped in a lay-by.• George pulled into a lay-by and gingerly fingered through the wallet with renewed twinges of horror.• Set into the trees across from the lay-by was the Mühltalperle coffee house.• I'd seen his lorry in the lay-by.• Dozens of drivers had stopped in the lay-by and thousands driven past.• Assuming he quit the lay-by about twelve-twenty.• It was bigger than the lay-by of yesterday, shaded by leafy beech trees that flanked the road on both sides.• The lay-by was three miles away. 