"AHB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: AHBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} AHB (plural AHBs)
  1. (UK, rail transport) Initialism of Automatic Half Barrier, a type of level crossing. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Automatic Half Barrier (extra: a type of level crossing) Synonyms: automatic half-barrier level crossing

Inflected forms

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