barrow crossingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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barrow crossing (plural barrow crossings)

1. (rail transport, UK) A type of crossing found mainly in railway stations which allows passengers the opportunity to cross between platforms.
   • 1951 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Milk Platform at Beccles”, in Railway Magazine, page 717:

     As the ends of the up and down platforms are not opposite each other, it is not possible to provide the ordinary type of barrow crossing, and the full churns were too heavy to be man-handled up and down the stairs of the footbridge.