CATTLE GUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cattle guard mean? 

• CATTLE GUARD (noun)
  The noun CATTLE GUARD has 1 sense:

1. a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle

  Familiarity information: CATTLE GUARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATTLE GUARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cattle grid; cattle guard

Hypernyms ("cattle guard" is a kind of...):

bridge; span (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)