Meanings
plural central reservations
- IrelandUKThe area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
(UK)
2 more examples
The driver of one of the cars had come through the windscreen. He was lying on his back on the central reservation like the effigy on an old church tomb.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 26(US)
Synonyms: reservation, median strip, median, neutral ground
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
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