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cattle-guard

cattle-guard is the rare spelling of cattle guard.

Meaning of cattle guard

Noun

cattle guard (plural cattle guards)

  1. (US) Synonym of cattle grid.
    • The Clogher Valley was probably the first line to introduce the cattle guards now so commonly used in light railway construction; where the line leaves or rejoins the roads, a pit about 5 ft. long is sunk between the rails, covered by a grid; this form of protection is arranged on each side of the...1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 194
    Synonyms:
    cattle grid

Forms of cattle-guard

pluralcattle-guards

Questions about cattle-guard

What is cattle-guard the rare spelling of?
Cattle-guard is the rare spelling of cattle guard.

Words near cattle-guard in the dictionary

  1. cattle-buyers
  2. cattle-cake
  3. cattle-cakes
  4. cattle-drive
  5. cattle-drives
  6. cattle-guard
  7. cattle-guards
  8. cattle-like
  9. cattle-post
  10. cattle-posts
  11. cattle-prod

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