A crossbuck is an X-shaped sign used to warn of a highway-railroad crossing.
A crossbuck is an X-shaped sign used as a warning at railroad crossings.
| Front | crossbuck \KROS-buk\ |
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| Back | noun An X-shaped warning sign at a highway-railroad crossing. [From cross- + buck, from sawbuck.] "The federal investigation could result in an upgrade of warning equipment at the crossing, which is marked only by stop signs and X-shaped railroad crossbuck signs." |
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