Belishan.

Brit.

/bᵻˈliːʃə/, U.S.

/bəˈliʃə/

Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Belisha.

Etymology: < the surname of Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore–Belisha (1893–1957), Minister of Transport 1931–7, who introduced this type of pedestrian crossing in 1934.

1. Used attributively with reference to officially recognized pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom of a type introduced when Hore-Belisha was Minister of Transport and now largely superseded.

a. Belisha beacon: a post just over two metres (about seven feet) high surmounted by an amber-coloured globe and erected on the kerb at either end of a pedestrian crossing; the globe itself, usually containing a flashing light; also attributive and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing

Belisha1934

Belisha beacon1934

beacon-

1934 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Sept. 4/2 Twenty thousand ‘Belisha beacons’..will soon be erected throughout London, marking 10,000 pedestrian crossings.

1934 Punch 21 Nov. 583/1 One of the clever people who have been going about stealing and even shooting the Belisha Beacon globes—(1) ‘as a protest against their futility’; (2) ‘because they slow down the traffic’.

1942 Motor Driving made Easy (Autocar) (ed. 7) ix. 121 Once he [sc. the pedestrian] has left the pavement at a Belisha beacon, motor and other traffic must yield to him.

1960 Times 4 Mar. 8/1 He..draped himself round a Belisha Beacon in a thoroughly drunken fashion.

1983 S. Rushdie Shame iii. vi. 116 Above her a Belisha beacon blinked, orange not-orange orange.

2002 Church Times 27 Sept. 13/1 Pumpkins only seem to hit city markets round about Hallowe'en, but they are already there, glowing Belisha beacons, in farm shops.

2005 Outdoor Lighting Guide (Institution of Lighting Engineers) 306 Belisha beacon post, black and white striped post carrying a beacon globe and used to define a pedestrian crossing.

b. Belisha crossing: = zebra crossing n. at zebra n. Compounds 3; also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where pedestrians can cross

street crossing1826

crosswalk1904

pedestrian crossing1933

Belisha crossing1934

zebra crossing1934

overcross1950

zebra1951

ped xing1961

panda crossing1962

pelican crossing1966

puffin1992

1934 Times 6 Nov. 10/5 May one who has driven without serious accident many types of motor-bicycles and cars for the past 30 years express his views of the Belisha crossings and beacons?

1936 Notes & Queries 171 355/1 With a view to learning what people in general called these crossings, I asked two intelligent young working-women. One said ‘Belisha crossing’, the other ‘pedestrian crossing’.

1938 A. B. Baxter Westm. Watchtower 244 We had reached a Belisha Crossing Beacon and his hand caressed its slim spine.

1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 18 Our mothers had taken a lot of persuading to let us go solo. Even when at last they said yes, one of them came to the Belisha crossing to see us over the main road.

2002 A. Ferragamo Seven Years in Tuscany xvi. 140 Incredibly, we traversed the Belisha crossing in unison.

2. = Belisha beacon at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing

Belisha1934

Belisha beacon1934

beacon-

1934 Punch 5 Dec. 617 (caption) Why not be in the movement, Sir, and 'ave a Belisha?

1958 L. Blight Love & Idleness iii. 29 The yellow belishas going on and off at the zebra crossings.

1998 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 13 The Belishas are back in Edinburgh's George Street after being cut down to size.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	belisha
释义	Belishan. Brit. /bᵻˈliːʃə/, U.S. /bəˈliʃə/ Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Belisha. Etymology: < the surname of Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore–Belisha (1893–1957), Minister of Transport 1931–7, who introduced this type of pedestrian crossing in 1934. 1. Used attributively with reference to officially recognized pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom of a type introduced when Hore-Belisha was Minister of Transport and now largely superseded. a. Belisha beacon: a post just over two metres (about seven feet) high surmounted by an amber-coloured globe and erected on the kerb at either end of a pedestrian crossing; the globe itself, usually containing a flashing light; also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing Belisha1934 Belisha beacon1934 beacon- 1934 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Sept. 4/2 Twenty thousand ‘Belisha beacons’..will soon be erected throughout London, marking 10,000 pedestrian crossings. 1934 Punch 21 Nov. 583/1 One of the clever people who have been going about stealing and even shooting the Belisha Beacon globes—(1) ‘as a protest against their futility’; (2) ‘because they slow down the traffic’. 1942 Motor Driving made Easy (Autocar) (ed. 7) ix. 121 Once he [sc. the pedestrian] has left the pavement at a Belisha beacon, motor and other traffic must yield to him. 1960 Times 4 Mar. 8/1 He..draped himself round a Belisha Beacon in a thoroughly drunken fashion. 1983 S. Rushdie Shame iii. vi. 116 Above her a Belisha beacon blinked, orange not-orange orange. 2002 Church Times 27 Sept. 13/1 Pumpkins only seem to hit city markets round about Hallowe'en, but they are already there, glowing Belisha beacons, in farm shops. 2005 Outdoor Lighting Guide (Institution of Lighting Engineers) 306 Belisha beacon post, black and white striped post carrying a beacon globe and used to define a pedestrian crossing. b. Belisha crossing: = zebra crossing n. at zebra n. Compounds 3; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where pedestrians can cross street crossing1826 crosswalk1904 pedestrian crossing1933 Belisha crossing1934 zebra crossing1934 overcross1950 zebra1951 ped xing1961 panda crossing1962 pelican crossing1966 puffin1992 1934 Times 6 Nov. 10/5 May one who has driven without serious accident many types of motor-bicycles and cars for the past 30 years express his views of the Belisha crossings and beacons? 1936 Notes & Queries 171 355/1 With a view to learning what people in general called these crossings, I asked two intelligent young working-women. One said ‘Belisha crossing’, the other ‘pedestrian crossing’. 1938 A. B. Baxter Westm. Watchtower 244 We had reached a Belisha Crossing Beacon and his hand caressed its slim spine. 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 18 Our mothers had taken a lot of persuading to let us go solo. Even when at last they said yes, one of them came to the Belisha crossing to see us over the main road. 2002 A. Ferragamo Seven Years in Tuscany xvi. 140 Incredibly, we traversed the Belisha crossing in unison. 2. = Belisha beacon at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing Belisha1934 Belisha beacon1934 beacon- 1934 Punch 5 Dec. 617 (caption) Why not be in the movement, Sir, and 'ave a Belisha? 1958 L. Blight Love & Idleness iii. 29 The yellow belishas going on and off at the zebra crossings. 1998 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 13 The Belishas are back in Edinburgh's George Street after being cut down to size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1934
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