scissors crossing

English

A scissors crossing

Noun

scissors crossing (plural scissors crossings)

1. (rail transport) Synonym of scissors crossover.
   • 1941 May, “Jubilee of the City Tube”, in Railway Magazine, page 224:

     Meantime, alterations at King William Street had become imperative, and by December 22, 1895, the station had been remodelled, as at Stockwell, to provide an island platform with lines each side, and a scissors crossing.