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Crossbuck X Shaped Warning Kros Buk Noun Sign Highway Railroad Crossing

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\
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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