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cattle guards

cattle guards is the plural 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

Questions about cattle guards

What is cattle guards the plural of?
Cattle guards is the plural of cattle guard.

Words near cattle guards in the dictionary

  1. cattle grid
  2. cattle grids
  3. cattle grub
  4. cattle grubs
  5. cattle guard
  6. cattle guards
  7. cattle market
  8. cattle markets
  9. cattle pad
  10. cattle pads
  11. cattle pen

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