PELICAN CROSSING


Meaning of PELICAN CROSSING in English

noun

(in Britain) a place on a road where you can stop the traffic and cross by operating a set of traffic lights

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: pelican from pe(destrian) li(ght) con(trolled) , altered to conform with the bird's name.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.