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Mansfield bar
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English
thumb|A Mansfield bar
Etymology
Named after American actress and singer Jayne Mansfield, who was killed in the kind of car accident that such a bar might have prevented.
Noun
An underride guard installed on the rear of large trucks or trailers to prevent smaller vehicles from sliding underneath in the event of a rear-end collision.
en 2024-09-24 Jordan Peele John Joseph Adams Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror Random House 9780593243800 275 https://books.google.com/books?id=mwoNEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA275&hl=en He survived. Amber would have been decapitated if not for the Mansfield bar.
en eponyms
en Automotive parts