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CATTLE GUARDS [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
  • Protection of Farm Animals
CONT

Cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings on highways to prevent cattle from crossing.

CONT

When farmers and ranchers wish to keep livestock from exiting a fenced pasture via an entrance road, they can either install an inconvenient gate or a "cattle guard." The latter is a grid of metal bars bridging a shallow pit. Cattle cannot cross because their feet would slip between the bars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
OBS

Des casse-pattes.

OBS

Selon le Petit Robert 2004, on peut écrire au singulier «casse-patte» ou «casse-pattes».

OBS

casse-patte (sing.); casse-pattes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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