An obsolete kind of signalling device on the side of a motor vehicle, having the form of a small illuminated pointer which could be extended to indicate a change of direction.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nowadays many early cars have had their old trafficators removed and replaced with more modern indicators.
- The semaphore arms, or trafficators, disappeared as the new winkers were gradually fitted to the fleet.
- But trafficators were so fragile that they easily broke off and had a tendency to stick to the closed position.
- Air vents in dash board and trafficator on steering column distinguish interior from earlier model.
- The semaphore trafficators will be fitted to show how signals were given from pre-war days up to the 1950's.