pelican crossing

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   an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians

   Broaderpedestrian crossing

   United Kingdom

Questions about pelican crossing

What does pelican crossing mean?

pelican crossing means "an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians".

Is pelican crossing a common word?

pelican crossing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.