Mansfield bar
Mansfield bar noun: an underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.
Noun
Mansfield bar (plural Mansfield bars)
- An underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.
- He survived. Amber would have been decapitated if not for the Mansfield bar.2024 September 24, Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, Random House, →ISBN, page 275
Forms of Mansfield bar
| plural | Mansfield bars |
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Origin of Mansfield bar
Named after American actress and singer Jayne Mansfield, who was killed in the kind of car accident that such a bar might have prevented.
Questions about Mansfield bar
- What does Mansfield bar mean?
- Mansfield bar means an underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.
- What part of speech is Mansfield bar?
- Mansfield bar is a noun.
- What is the plural of Mansfield bar?
- The plural of Mansfield bar is Mansfield bars.
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