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Definition of cattle grid noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cattle grid

noun
 
/ˈkætl ɡrɪd/
 
/ˈkætl ɡrɪd/
(British English)
(North American English cattle guard)
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  1. metal bars that are placed over a hole that has been made in the road. Cars can pass over the metal bars but animals such as sheep and cows cannot.
    • There was a cattle grid across the road to stop the cows from escaping.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2, Farmingc2
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