half-barrier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. At an automatic half-barrier level crossing, a lifting barrier that does not block the whole road when in the horizontal position, placed on the left side in the UK according to driving on the left, and mostly used on narrower or quieter roads instead of two lifting barriers either side of the railway crossing.

Word forms

half-barrier half-barriers
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