"yield line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yield lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yield line (plural yield lines)
  1. (road transport, US) A transverse road marking indicating the point at which a vehicle must yield to other traffic that has the right of way at an intersection. Tags: US Synonyms (transverse road marking): give way line [UK] Coordinate_terms (transverse road marking): stop line, stop bar [US], limit line Translations (transverse road marking): hajtænder [plural] (Danish)

Inflected forms

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