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Sharp change of road direction
Answer for the clue "Sharp change of road direction ", 12 letters:
hairpin bend
Word definitions for hairpin bend in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a U-shaped bend in a road
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She floated above and ahead of them, and her eyes narrowed on to a shimmer of water at a hairpin bend . ▪ When not thinking about puking your guts up round every hairpin bend , scenery magnificent. ▪ When the road turns sharply ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An acute curve (often one of a series) in a road, especially on a steep incline.
Usage examples of hairpin bend.
On arrival at the hairpin bend I looked over my shoulder and saw that the kakar had lowered her head, and was once more cropping the grass.
Not to put too fine a point on it, they were frankly terrified, either staring in horror at each other or closing their eyes as they slid and swayed wildly on each successive hairpin bend.
About two-thirds of the way up, right on a hairpin bend, the road had been widened to make a passing place.
He was still sleepy now and only half awake as that unknown demon driver, who had hurried them with few words into the rickety Ford, crouched over his wheel and pressed the car, rocketing from hairpin bend to hairpin bend, onwards and upwards.
All about him the twitterings of birds could be heard, behind which he could just perceive, now and again as he jarred around this hairpin bend or that, the musical tinkling of a waterfall.
Below them they could see the gorge curve sharply in a hairpin bend and beyond that the land widened out again.
His performance absolutely staggered his two passengers, who perpetually had their hearts in their mouths, but each time the car seemed within a second of hurtling over the unguarded precipice, which was always within a few feet of them, he managed to check it and bucket down to another hairpin bend until he finally brought them safely back on to the main road.
They came out onto the wide bridle path, and started down, running shoulder to shoulder now, helped by the gradient of the descent, but they had not reached the first hairpin bend when they heard an engine start in the forest below.
It came from the direction it did because of getting so near Saturn that it was forced to swing in a hairpin bend around the planet.