chicane n. a barricaded, tightly curved, or zig-zagged roadway that forces traffic to slow while still permitting it to pass; the series of structures which form such a roadway. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
chicane n. a barricaded, tightly curved, or zig-zagged roadway that forces traffic to slow while still permitting it to pass; the series of structures which form such a roadway. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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