pelican crossing

English

Etymology

Short for pedestrian light-controlled crossing.

Noun

pelican crossing (plural pelican crossings)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians

Hyponyms

• toucan crossing

Translations

type of pedestrian crossing

• Finnish: valo-ohjattu suojatie
• Irish: trasrian peileacánach m, trasrian túcánach m
• Swedish: bevakat övergångsställe
• Welsh: croesfan pelican m