cattle grid

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cattle grid (plural cattle grids)

  1. A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.
    • 1953 February, “Experimental Lifting Barriers for Level Crossing”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:
      Cattle grids flanking the roadway prevent animals from straying from the crossing on to the railway.
    • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 41:
      At White Gill Head, just after crossing the cattle grid, bear left at the track junction.

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