three-point turn
English
Noun
three-point turn (plural three-point turns)
- (driving) An act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa).
- Synonym: K-turn
- 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
- The vehicles resemble something out of Thunderbirds. They have to be squat, long and narrow to fit through the body of the TBM. They also have a cab at each end, as there's no getting away with a three-point turn in a tunnel!
References
- “three-point turn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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