point duty

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point duty

1. (Law) the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic

2. (Military) the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous

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Noun

point duty - the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection

traffic control - control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

point(s) duty

n → Verkehrsdienst m

point duty n (Brit) (Police) → servizio di controllo del traffico
to be on point duty → dirigere il traffico

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Britain Great Britain point pointsman traffic control U.K. UK United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland			FORMER policeman Tony Dollive is among several readers who remain convinced that the bobby on point duty at the junction of New Street and King Street was Sam Ford. PICTURES of the PAST; READER FEEDBACK by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Suppose they put him on point duty, And it's pouring down with rain. THE CARDBOARD CONSTABLE Listening to the radio news; Your Poem by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Before traffic lights and the Ring Road, Harold and others would do what they called point duty which meant that they wore long white gloves and stood on a small platform in the middle of the road to direct the traffic at busy junctions. Tributes to popular PC; OBITUARY: Policeman who served in Coventry ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			Poikilothermous poikilothermy poilu Poincaré poinciana Poinciana gilliesii Poinciana pulcherrima Poinciana regia poind Poinder poinephobia poinsettia poinsettia strain point point after point after touchdown Point alphabet Point applique point attractor point bar point d'appui Point de Galle point defect point defense point designation grid point duty point estimate point group point guard point in time point jam point lace point man point mutation Point net point of accumulation point of apoapsis Point of concurrence Point of contrary flexure point of departure point of entry point of honor point of honour point of impact point of inflection point of intersection point of no return point of order point of periapsis point of presence point of reference			Point de Contact National Point de Galle Point de Galle Point de Raccordement Optique Point de retournement point defect point defect Point Defence Phaser Point defense Point defense Point Defense Laser Point Defense Weapon System Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium point designation grid POINT DET Point Detonating Point Detonating Delay Point Detonating Fuze Point Detonating Impact Super Quick point diagram Point Dipole Point Dipole Interaction point distal flow Point Distribution Model point down to Point Dume Point Dume State Beach point duty Point Ecoute Jeunes point electrode point electrode point electrode Point Engineering Limited point epidemic point epidemic point epidemic point epidemic point estimate point estimate point estimate point estimates point estimates Point Evidence Analysis Point Evidence Explanation Point Expansion Module Point Feed Pre Bake point fire point firing point firing point firing point firing point firing Point For Negotiation point forceps point forceps point forceps Point Four Program point function

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