Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context UK NZ English) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.
WordNet
n. street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes [syn: pedestrian crossing]
Wikipedia
A zebra crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing used in many places around the world. Its distinguishing feature is alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface, resembling the coat of a zebra. A zebra crossing typically gives priority to rights of way to pedestrians.
Usage examples of "zebra crossing".
It was the van that had nearly run him down on the zebra crossing.
One time while he was on a zebra crossing, traversing Regents Park Road, a girl zipped across it behind him, clipping him on the ankles as she sped up the pavement.
Petrunin, three paces on to the zebra crossing, paused so that the others could catch up with him.
Some of the better-dressed ones with a haircut could blend into a crowd when stationary - at a zebra crossing or shop window.
He waved to some sari-clad schoolgirls as he waited for them to cross a zebra crossing.
One universe, on a zebra crossing, is caught for an instant, blinking like a rabbit, in the headlamps of a motor-vehicle in which an entirely alien and contradictory continuum is to be found.
She crossed the road at a zebra crossing, not bothering to check whether any cars were approaching, and Rebus followed her to a wall, where she stopped, staring out across the Forth.
Cabs busily scooted past, braking as they dared a zebra crossing, and all of this was very reassuring to a man out on a stroll with his deceased wife.