no entryphr.adj.
/nəʊ ˈɛntri/, U.S. /ˈnoʊ ˈɛntri/ A. phr.
A formula used on a sign, notice, etc., to indicate that entry is not permitted.
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1934 R. F. Broad Motor Driving made Easy (ed. 5) v. 79 (in illustration) No Entry..One Way Street.
1955 G. Willans Fasten your Lapstraps! i. 17 Inside the airport there are more notices. ‘No Entry’, ‘No Smoking’, ‘Staff Only’.
1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai ii. 26 The promenade deck was abruptly curtailed by a wooden grille..with the sign ‘Other Ranks Only. No Entry. Military Police.’
1993 R. Rankin Suburban Bk. Dead (BNC) 162 The door had one of those big printed signs which shout No Entry at everybody.
B. adj. (attributive).
Designating a sign or notice indicating that entry is not permitted, esp. to vehicles. Also: designating a route or an area to which entrance is forbidden. Frequently in no-entry sign.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > prohibited area > sign marking
no-entry sign1937
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > road sign > specific
halt sign1932
no-entry sign1937
yield sign1951
give-way sign1963
sharrow2004
the world > space > [adjective] > relating to defined portion of space > to which entrance is forbidden or impossible
unenterable1650
no entry1968
no go1969
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] > prohibited (of an area)
no entry1968
no go1969
no-no1972
1937 Times 3 Sept. 14 The sign is necessary because drivers who proceed straight on are faced with a ‘No Entry’ sign for a one-way thoroughfare.
1968 Guardian 13 Aug. 5/3 Potential suicides swerve into ‘No entry’ streets.
1976 Daily Mail (Hull) 30 Sept. 5/4 Edward Colgan..pleaded guilty to driving his car in a dangerous manner, failing to stop for a police constable in uniform, and failing to conform to ‘No entry’ signs.
1999 I. Rankin Dead Souls xii. 80 He circumvented the huddle of pressmen and made for a No Entry sign.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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