clearway

[ kleer-wey ]
/ ˈklɪərˌweɪ /

noun British.

a road on which only emergency stops are permitted.

Origin of clearway

1880–85, for an earlier sense; clear + way1

British Dictionary definitions for clearway

clearway
/ (ˈklɪəˌweɪ) /

noun

British 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