colour light signal

English

A 4-aspect colour light signal

Noun

colour light signal (plural colour light signals)

(rail transport, British spelling) An electric railway signal with colour aspects, showing either red or green in a 2-aspect signal, with the addition of a yellow or double yellow aspect (meaning caution) in 3- and 4-aspect signals.

Alternative forms

colour-light signal, color light signal, color-light signal

Translations

railway signal

Finnish: valo-opastin (fi)

References

“colour light signal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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