three-point turn

English

Noun

three-point turn (plural three-point turns)

1. (driving) An act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa).

   Synonym: K-turn

   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:

     The vehicles resemble something out of Thunderbirds. They have to be squat, long and narrow to fit through the body of the TBM. They also have a cab at each end, as there's no getting away with a three-point turn in a tunnel!

References

• “three-point turn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.