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  • noun Alternative form of hardstand.

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Examples

  • Not only has the field been built on: that lawn has been paved over as hardstanding for a car.

    Little Bowden on Unmitigated England 2009

  • Constance - the principia courtyard may well have provided a nice flat hardstanding surface for laying timber sill beams or post pads, and later a solid base for the stone walls.

    Location of the seventh-century church in York Carla 2010

  • "And if that survey shows up the newts, which have already been found, they will also have to stop digging up the hardstanding on a number of pitches."

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • For 3351 metres - Construction of hardstanding on A12 northbound verge for the parking of mobile variable Message sign

    EDP24 News 2009

  • If it says it will be cold, grit hardstanding areas.

    unknown title 2009

  • Where these sites differ from the norm is that rather than providing beautifully tended croquet-flat lawns, electric hook-ups and hardstanding, they offer chunks of topography just as nature crafted it, open fires on which to incinerate your marshmallows and, typically, a compost loo for those campers who feel no compunction to imitate what bears do in the woods.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • If it says it will be cold, grit hardstanding areas.

    unknown title 2009

  • I know they would be no use on ship or non-hardstanding, but when i was at Boscombe they were starting to use a mechanical trolley system for moving skid fitted helicopters.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • ‘From 1st October 2008 the permitted development rights that allow householders to pave their front garden for hardstanding without planning permission have changed.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • ‘From 1st October 2008 the permitted development rights that allow householders to pave their front garden for hardstanding without planning permission have changed.

    Marshalls Delighted By The Balanced Approach In Front Garden Legislation Thatsnews 2008

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  • It's hardstanding thisword outtacontext.

    January 2, 2010