Dogleg Definition

dôglĕg, dŏg-
doglegged, doglegging, doglegs
noun
Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
American Heritage
A sharp bend or turn.
Make a dogleg at the fire station and continue south.
American Heritage
A sharp angle or bend like that formed by a dog's hind leg, as in a golf fairway.
Webster's New World

A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.

Wiktionary
verb
To make a sharp bend or turn.
The street doglegs to the left.
American Heritage
To go or lie in one direction and then angle off in another.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of, or having the form of, a dogleg.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dogleg

Noun

Singular:
dogleg
Plural:
doglegs

Dogleg Sentence Examples

  • Go straight across crossroads (slight dogleg) into Priory Lane.

  • A cursus at Rudston, like one at Stonehenge, has a dogleg.

  • Hole 6 Par 4 - 325 m This par 4, with a slight incline, is a left dogleg.

  • A short right-left dogleg brings you into the short lane to the pretty locality of Woodford.

  • Steep dogleg stairs lead up to snug bedrooms with antique bedsteads (double is only 4 ') and marble topped washstands.

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Words Starting With

DDODOG

Words Ending With

GEGLEG

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Words Starting With D and Ending With G

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With G