crush barrier
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I still remember he used to sit me on the crush barrier on the Holte End terrace and stand behind me so I wouldn't get knocked off in the rush forward when we scored.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2021
He also disagreed with the removal of a crush barrier from the Leppings Lane end, the jury heard.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2014
Derrick Godwin, from Gloucester, who died aged 24, would have stood in front of the crush barrier, the jury heard.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2014
Every alleyway had a security-manned crush barrier drawn across it displaying wristband or ticket-holder notices.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2012
Here, the volume of young fans is growing so rapidly that a yellow-shirted security guard has to keep walking away, grumbling, to fetch more lengths of crush barrier.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2010
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