colour light signal

English

A 4-aspect colour light signal

Noun

colour light signal (plural colour light signals)

1. (rail transport, British spelling) An electric railway signal with colour aspects, showing either red or green in a 2-aspect signal, with the addition of a yellow or double yellow aspect (meaning caution) in 3- and 4-aspect signals.

Alternative forms

• colour-light signal, color light signal, color-light signal

Translations

railway signal

• Finnish: valo-opastin (fi)

References

• “colour light signal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.