Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mansfield bar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: mans-field- bar
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.

Example Sentences

"He survived. Amber would have been decapitated if not for the Mansfield bar."

Etymology

Named after American actress and singer Jayne Mansfield, who was killed in the kind of car accident that such a bar might have prevented.

Inflected Forms

Mansfield bars (plural)

Questions

What does mansfield bar mean?: An underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.
Where does mansfield bar come from?: Named after American actress and singer Jayne Mansfield, who was killed in the kind of car accident that such a bar might have prevented.

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