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

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In the cattle guard was the sole of a shoe, evidently torn off as one of the fleeing men escaped his assailants.
The Everett massacre | Walker C. Smith
In the vicinity of the cattle guard the soil was disarranged and there were shoe marks near the cattle guard.
The Everett massacre | Walker C. Smith
Midway between the platform and the cattle guard they saw the Duke lean in his saddle and snatch the white favor from her hand.
The Duke Of Chimney Butte | G. W. Ogden
It rattled across the cattle guard and through the new-unprotected and open gate in the barbed wire fence.
Make Mine Homogenized | Rick Raphael
I was now enabled to reduce the cattle guard from four to two men, which was a great relief to them.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) | Thomas Mitchell

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