zebra-crossinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-crossing_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra crossing, n.
Revised 2018

zebra crossingnoun

  1. 1934–
    A pedestrian crossing marked by broad light and dark stripes running parallel to the kerb from one side of a road to the other, at which (in most countries) vehicles must stop if a person wishes to cross.
    1. 1934
      Excellent though Hore-Belisha beacons and studs and zebra crossings are, their partial adoption will add to the danger of the streets.
      Hansard Commons 14 November 1956
    2. 1950
      The initial values of the percentage of drivers giving way are higher on the ‘zebra’ crossings than on the plain.
      Surveyor 23 June 365/2
    3. 1977
      He..called out angrily after a car which had failed to stop at a zebra crossing.
      B. Pym, Quartet in Autumn ii. 23
    4. 2017
      The group was on a zebra crossing but the cabbie had failed to give way.
      Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 13 June 1

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.