guardrail - meaning and definition. What is guardrail
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What (who) is guardrail - definition

FENCE OR BARRIER CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE HORIZONTAL RAILS AND VERTICAL SUPPORTS
Guard railing; Guardrailing; Guardrail; Guard-railing; Guard wall; Safery rail; Guard rails; Guardrails
  • Flexible polymer guardrail with handrail for pedestrians and high strength lower rail to absorb vehicle impacts
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  • A handrail leading along a rocky creek crossing
  • Staircase railings in the Degré du roi, part of the [[Petit appartement du roi]], in the [[Palace of Versailles]], [[Versailles]], France
  • Steel facility guardrail in warehouse
  • Guardrail protecting expensive machinery
  • A removable guardrail as median barrier
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  • Sign in [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]], warning people not to climb over guard rail overlooking the [[Niagara River]].

guardrail         
also guard rail (guardrails)
A guardrail is a railing that is placed along the edge of something such as a staircase, path, or boat, so that people can hold onto it or so that they do not fall over the edge.
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crash barrier         
  • Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it
  • Sand filled barrels in Canada used as [[impact attenuator]]s.
  • sp=us}}-high version of the Jersey barrier for deflecting [[automobile]]s and [[semi-trailer truck]]s
  • Median barrier in Finland.
  • A crash barrier terminal which has been crushed in a collision
BARRIER INSTALLED WITHIN MEDIANS OF AND NEXT TO ROADS TO PREVENT VEHICLE COLLISIONS
Crash barrier; Roadside barrier; Guardrail (road); Armco barrier; Transport barrier; Traffic barriers; Crash barriers; Armco barriers; Bridge barrier; Absorbing barrier; Crash-barrier
(crash barriers)
A crash barrier is a strong low fence built along the side of a road or between the two halves of a motorway in order to prevent accidents. (BRIT; in AM, use guardrail
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Traffic barrier         
  • Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it
  • Sand filled barrels in Canada used as [[impact attenuator]]s.
  • sp=us}}-high version of the Jersey barrier for deflecting [[automobile]]s and [[semi-trailer truck]]s
  • Median barrier in Finland.
  • A crash barrier terminal which has been crushed in a collision
BARRIER INSTALLED WITHIN MEDIANS OF AND NEXT TO ROADS TO PREVENT VEHICLE COLLISIONS
Crash barrier; Roadside barrier; Guardrail (road); Armco barrier; Transport barrier; Traffic barriers; Crash barriers; Armco barriers; Bridge barrier; Absorbing barrier; Crash-barrier
Traffic barriers (sometimes called Armco barriers,AK Steel (formerly Armco) genericized trademark also known in North America as guardrails or guard rails and in Britain as crash barriers) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains, or from traversing steep (non-recoverable) slopes or entering deep water. They are also installed within medians of divided highways to prevent errant vehicles from entering the opposing carriageway of traffic and help to reduce head-on collisions.

Wikipedia

Guard rail

Guard rail, guardrails, or protective guarding, in general, are a boundary feature and may be a means to prevent or deter access to dangerous or off-limits areas while allowing light and visibility in a greater way than a fence. Common shapes are flat, rounded edge, and tubular in horizontal railings, whereas tetraform spear-headed or ball-finialled are most common in vertical railings around homes. Park and garden railings commonly in metalworking feature swirls, leaves, plate metal areas and/or motifs particularly on and beside gates.

High security railings (particularly if in flat metal then a type of palisade) may instead feature jagged points and most metals are well-suited to anti-climb paint.

A handrail is less restrictive on its own than a guard rail and provides support.

Guardrails also apply in a technology context.

Pronunciation examples for guardrail
1. as a sort of moral guardrail.
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2. that hit a poorly designed guardrail
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3. VW bus went off the -- off the road into a guardrail.
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4. You see, I knew that the car had gone over the guardrail on the 28th of February,
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Examples of use of guardrail
1. The vehicle bounced off a guardrail and rammed a house.
2. Another worker scraped ice from the guardrail along its edge.
3. In one contest, he streaks to victory on a guardrail.
4. A guardrail, however, separates the two lanes on the 76th–kilometer stretch of the highway.
5. He manages to heave his body over the guardrail and starts walking.