cattle grid en · NOUN
Meanings
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A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.
At White Gill Head, just after crossing the cattle grid, bear left at the track junction.
2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 41: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cattle grids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (18)
fi karjaritilä (grid of parallel metal bars) · ca barrera canadenca (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Weiderost (grid of parallel metal bars) · fi karjaverkko (grid of parallel metal bars) · es guardaganado (grid of parallel metal bars) · es paso canadiense (grid of parallel metal bars) · pt mata-burro (grid of parallel metal bars) · nl wildrooster (grid of parallel metal bars) · nv béésh neetsʼeeʼ (grid of parallel metal bars) · nb ferist (grid of parallel metal bars) · es mataburros (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Viehrost (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Viehgitter (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Wildrost (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Wildgitter (grid of parallel metal bars) · sv färist (grid of parallel metal bars) · de Weidegitter (grid of parallel metal bars) · nn ferist (grid of parallel metal bars)