Definition of "crash barrier" []

• A barrier on the side of a road, to keep vehicles on the road. (noun)

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• "Outside her window, the forest fell away into a steep-sided valley and Nora blanched, her heart leaping into her mouth at the sight of the flimsy wooden crash barrier that marked the edge of the drop."