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Definition of Safety island
1. Noun. A curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians.
Generic synonyms: Island
Group relationships: Roadbed
Definition of Safety island
1. Noun. An area of roadway from which traffic is excluded so as to provide safety for pedestrians; a traffic island ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Safety Island
Literary usage of Safety island
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plan of Evanston (1917)
"A second safety island and underground comfort station is suggested contiguous
to the surface trolley tracks, on Sherman Avenue just south of Davis Street. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"Practical travel advice, including how to use the local buses and travel safety.
Island culture, history, religion. Color photos. ..."
3. A Voyage to Abyssinia: Executed Under the Orders of the British Government by Henry Salt (1816)
"... as a store-house, for laying up their goods ; and from this circumstance, as
we could not ascertain its native appellation, we named it safety island. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1920)
"The safety island light system is fed by transformers of similar construction,
but of a different suitable characteristic and capacity, each transformer ..."
5. Community Life and Civic Problems by Howard Copeland. Hill (1922)
"Note at the right the safety island for foot passengers. been closed for the play
of children, boys from playing truant, and shopkeepers from littering up ..."
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