Meanings
plural hard shoulders
- A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
As he neared a bridge over the East Coast Main Line near Great Heck, he lost control. His Land Rover left the carriageway and veered onto the hard shoulder before biting into the grass verge.
2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 38Synonyms: breakdown lane
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
Translations
Catalan vorera d'emergència
- vorera d'emergènciaverge to the side of a highway
Chinese Mandarin 硬路肩
- 硬路肩 (yìnglùjiān)verge to the side of a highway
Dutch vluchtstrook, pechstrook
- vluchtstrookverge to the side of a highway
- pechstrookverge to the side of a highway
Finnish päällystetty piennar, piennar
- päällystetty piennarverge to the side of a highway
- piennarverge to the side of a highway
French bande d'arrêt d'urgence, accotement stabilisé
- bande d'arrêt d'urgenceverge to the side of a highway
- accotement stabiliséverge to the side of a highway
German Standstreifen, Pannenstreifen
- Standstreifenverge to the side of a highway
- Pannenstreifenverge to the side of a highway
- Seitenstreifenverge to the side of a highway
Greek ΛΕΑ
- ΛΕΑ (LEA)verge to the side of a highway
Hungarian leállósáv
- leállósávverge to the side of a highway
Indonesian bahu jalan
- bahu jalanverge to the side of a highway
Italian corsia di emergenza
- corsia di emergenzaverge to the side of a highway
Polish pas awaryjny, pobocze
- pas awaryjnyverge to the side of a highway
- poboczeverge to the side of a highway
Romanian bandă de urgență
- bandă de urgențăverge to the side of a highway
Spanish acotamiento, arcén
- acotamientoverge to the side of a highway
- arcénverge to the side of a highway
- banquinaverge to the side of a highway
- bermaverge to the side of a highway
- espaldónverge to the side of a highway
- hombrilloverge to the side of a highway
- hombroverge to the side of a highway
- paseoverge to the side of a highway
- camellónverge to the side of a highway
Ukrainian смуга руху для аварійної зупинки, аварійна смуга
- смуга руху для аварійної зупинки (smuha ruxu dlja avarijnoji zupynky)verge to the side of a highway
- аварійна смуга (avarijna smuha)verge to the side of a highway
Welsh llain galed
- llain galedverge to the side of a highway
Cite this entry
hard shoulder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20shoulder
“hard shoulder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20shoulder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard shoulder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20shoulder.
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