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guardrail

 noun
     
Related topics: Household, Motor Vehicles
guard‧rail [countable]
1DH a bar that is intended to prevent people from falling from a bridge, cliff etc
2TTC American English a bar that is intended to prevent cars from going off the road in an accident [= crash barrier British English]
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