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English
Noun
cattle guard (plural cattle guards)
- (US) Synonym of cattle grid
1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 194:The Clogher Valley was probably the first line to introduce the cattle guards now so commonly used in light railway construction; where the line leaves or rejoins the roads, a pit about 5 ft. long is sunk between the rails, covered by a grid; this form of protection is arranged on each side of the road, and cattle are afraid to cross the device, [...].
1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:The level crossings at Stretton and at the point where the A.L.R. crosses the main road south of Stretton are provided with gates; other crossings are unprotected, save for cattle-guards.
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Translations
Structure on the ground to dissuade cattle from crossing
— see cattle gridReferences