cattle grid

English

A cattle grid in the Yorkshire Dales

Noun

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.
   • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 41:

     At White Gill Head, just after crossing the cattle grid, bear left at the track junction.

Synonyms

• cattle guard (US)

Translations

grid of parallel metal bars

• Catalan: barrera canadenca f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: karjaritilä, karjaverkko
• German: Viehgitter n, Viehrost m, Weidegitter n, Weiderost m, Wildgitter n, Wildrost m
• Portuguese: mata-burro m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: mataburros m
• Swedish: färist (sv) c