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cattle grids

cattle grids is the plural of cattle grid.

Meaning of cattle grid

Noun

cattle grid (plural cattle grids)

  1. A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.
    • Cattle grids flanking the roadway prevent animals from straying from the crossing on to the railway.1953 February, “Experimental Lifting Barriers for Level Crossing”, in Railway Magazine, page 133

Questions about cattle grids

What is cattle grids the plural of?
Cattle grids is the plural of cattle grid.

Words near cattle grids in the dictionary

  1. cattle fair
  2. cattle fairs
  3. cattle goad
  4. cattle goads
  5. cattle grid
  6. cattle grids
  7. cattle grub
  8. cattle grubs
  9. cattle guard
  10. cattle guards
  11. cattle market

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