cattle guard

noun

a structure consisting typically of parallel bars over a shallow ditch, used to prevent cattle from straying.

Origin of cattle guard

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby cattle guard

cattle car, cattle class, cattle dog, cattle egret, cattle grub, cattle guard, cattle market, cattle plague, cattle prod, cattle run, cattle show

Example sentences from the Web for cattle guard

  • They had been taken out of a cattle-guard, to be replaced by new ones.

    Joe Strong, the Boy Fish |Vance Barnum

  • At each road-crossing she had to crawl over a cattle-guard of sharpened timbers.

    Main Street |Sinclair Lewis