cattle guard

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle guard¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In the cattle guard was the sole of a shoe, evidently torn off as one of the fleeing men escaped his assailants.

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In the vicinity of the cattle guard the soil was disarranged and there were shoe marks near the cattle guard.

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Midway between the platform and the cattle guard they saw the Duke lean in his saddle and snatch the white favor from her hand.

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It rattled across the cattle guard and through the new-unprotected and open gate in the barbed wire fence.

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I was now enabled to reduce the cattle guard from four to two men, which was a great relief to them.

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