"half-barrier" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: half-barriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-barrier (plural half-barriers)
  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.
    Sense id: en-half-barrier-en-noun-ivvLQWVO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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