Crossword clues for hard shoulder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hard shoulder
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He left her on the hard shoulder, near Epping, Essex, saying she would only have to wait 15 minutes.
▪ He pulled up on the hard shoulder, switched off and got out.
▪ I pictured a man taking leave of his motor; wobbling from the fast lane towards the hard shoulder.
▪ The body of the pregnant housewife was found near the M-50 motorway after her car broke down on the hard shoulder.
▪ The two children, Mark in Georgina's arms, were spotted along the hard shoulder.
Wiktionary
hard shoulder
n. A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
WordNet
hard shoulder
n. a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)
Usage examples of "hard shoulder".
Suddenly I felt a hard shoulder in the small of my back and was flying into a hedge of Texas sage.
Twice the petrol pump faltered and he glided on to the hard shoulder.
For this ride, Clark had a driver, but he had the same problem with traffic that Noonan was having, and adopted the same solution, speeding down the hard shoulder with his horn blowing and lights blinking.