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pedestrian lane

pedestrian lane noun: lane reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians, distinguished from a sidewalk by minimal protection from vehicular traffic.

Noun

pedestrian lane (plural pedestrian lanes)

  1. Lane reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians, distinguished from a sidewalk by minimal protection from vehicular traffic.
    • There were three clear metres of pedestrian lane along both sides of the road.1983, Committee of Inquiry into Malpractices in Insurance Claims and Related Matters, Report, Ghana: Republic of Ghana, page 12
    • There’s no pedestrian lane along the road and the grassy shoulder is slow-going, so move quickly and walk on the left toward oncoming traffic.2014, Scott E. Brown, Hiking Maryland: A Guide for Hikers & Photographers, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 45
  2. (Philippines) A pedestrian crossing or crosswalk

Forms of pedestrian lane

pluralpedestrian lanes

Origin of pedestrian lane

pedestrian + lane

Questions about pedestrian lane

What does pedestrian lane mean?
Pedestrian lane means lane reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians, distinguished from a sidewalk by minimal protection from vehicular traffic.
What part of speech is pedestrian lane?
Pedestrian lane is a noun.
What is the plural of pedestrian lane?
The plural of pedestrian lane is pedestrian lanes.

Words near pedestrian lane in the dictionary

  1. pedestrian crossings
  2. pedestrian hacker
  3. pedestrian hackers
  4. pedestrian island
  5. pedestrian islands
  6. pedestrian lane
  7. pedestrian precinct
  8. pedestrian precincts
  9. pedestrian recall
  10. pedestrian refuge
  11. pedestrian refuges

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