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Noun: pedestrian crossing
  1. [Brit] Street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
    "Tourists in London often pose for photos on the famous Abbey Road pedestrian crossing";
    - zebra crossing [Brit], crosswalk [N. Amer]
     
  2. A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railway) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
    "Pedestrians used the marked pedestrian crossing to safely traverse the busy street";
    - crossing, crosswalk [N. Amer], crossover

Derived forms: pedestrian crossings

Type of: path

Encyclopedia: Pedestrian crossing