英和和英

名詞

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.
   • 1953 February, “Experimental Lifting Barriers for Level Crossing”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:

     Cattle grids flanking the roadway prevent animals from straying from the crossing on to the railway.

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

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

同意語

• cattle guard (US)
• Texas gate (North America, regional)