hill start

English

Noun

hill start (plural hill starts)

1. (automotive) The act of starting a motor vehicle moving forwards from a complete stop when going uphill, typically requiring the use of the handbrake.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: mäkilähtö
• French: démarrage en côte m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bakkestart m

• Polish: uruchamiać pod górę impf, uruchomić pod górę pf

Further reading

• “hill start”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “hill start”, in Collins English Dictionary.