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dogleg
dogleg
English
The hind leg of a dog forms a distinctive shape
Verb
dogleg (third-person singular simple present doglegs, present participle doglegging, simple past and past participle doglegged)
- (intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back in original direction, such as down, right, down.
- 2004, The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p. 48:
- ... when the causeway doglegs ...
- 2004, The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p. 48:
Noun
dogleg (plural doglegs)
- (golf) A sharp bend in the fairway (before the hole)
- A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.