"cattle grid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cattle grids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: cattle grid Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: cattle guard [US] Translations (grid of parallel metal bars): barrera canadenca [feminine] (Catalan), karjaritilä (Finnish), karjaverkko (Finnish), Viehgitter [neuter] (German), Viehrost [masculine] (German), Weidegitter [neuter] (German), Weiderost [masculine] (German), Wildgitter [neuter] (German), Wildrost [masculine] (German), mata-burro [masculine] (Portuguese), mataburros [masculine] (Spanish), färist [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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