1
British
: turnout sense 2b
2
: the final operation (such as a last cultivating) in the growing of a field crop
laid by; laying by; lays by
Examples of lay-by in a Sentence
Verb
a politician who had laid by his principles years ago
ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
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Noun
The peloton has left the start town of Bayeux less than an hour earlier, and 39km up the road, an EF support van pulls over in a lay-by.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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“Lay-by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay-by. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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