Mansfield bar

English

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

Mansfield bar (plural Mansfield bars)

  1. 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.
    • 2024 September 24, Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror‎[1], Random House, →ISBN, page 275:
      He survived. Amber would have been decapitated if not for the Mansfield bar.
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