English Explanatory Dictionary

K-rail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A concrete barrier used to separate lanes of traffic.

Word forms

K-rail K-rails

Etymology

This term is stipulated in a specification of the California Department of Transportation, who first started using concrete median barriers in the mid-1940s. The reason for the letter K is uncertain.

Synonyms

Jersey barrier parabolic concrete barrier
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