dogleg

dogleg
I. adjective Date: 1808 crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg <
a sharp dogleg bend in the fairway
>
II. noun Date: circa 1909 1. a. something having an abrupt angle b. a sharp bend (as in a road) 2. a golf hole having an angled fairway III. intransitive verb Date: 1944 to proceed along a dogleg course <
the single narrow street that doglegs through town — Russ Leadabrand
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Dogleg — or dog leg may refer to: Motor vehicles Dog leg, an unusual manual transmission layout Dog leg, an offset zig zag plane of operation for a floor mounted automatic transmission shift lever The area behind the rear door on a four door car. This… …   Wikipedia

  • dogleg — [dōg′leg΄id, dōg′legd΄dôg′leg΄] n. a sharp angle or bend like that formed by a dog s hind leg, as in a golf fairway vi. doglegged, doglegging to go or lie in one direction and then angle off in another adj. of, or having the form of, a dogleg:… …   English World dictionary

  • dogleg — [n] bend curve, hairpin curve, sharp turn; concept 436 …   New thesaurus

  • Dogleg — Typische Doglegs, links: Dogleg nach links, rechts: Doppel Dogleg Ein Dogleg (englisch: dogleg = Hundebein) bezeichnet eine Golfbahn auf einem Golfplatz, deren Fairway nach rechts (Dogleg nach rechts) oder links (Dogleg nach links) gebogen oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dogleg — UK [ˈdɒɡˌleɡ] / US [ˈdɔɡˌleɡ] noun [countable] Word forms dogleg : singular dogleg plural doglegs a bend in a road, path etc where it completely changes direction …   English dictionary

  • dogleg — [[t]dɒ̱gleg, AM dɔ͟ːg [/t]] doglegs also dog leg N COUNT A dogleg is a sharp bend in a road or a path …   English dictionary

  • Dogleg — (deutsch Hundebein)  Spielbahnen, die nach links oder rechts abgeknickt sind, werden als dogleg bezeichnet. Meistens ist der Knick und damit auch die Sicht auf das Grün erst nach einem guten Drive erreicht …   Golf lexikon

  • dogleg — /ˈdɒglɛg / (say dogleg) noun 1. an angle in a road, track, etc., resembling that of a dog s hind leg. –adjective Also, dog legged. 2. having such a bend …  

  • dogleg attack — A deception tactic in which one helicopter or scout aircraft guides either another helicopter or a strike aircraft to attack the target without the latter acquiring the target either visually or electronically. A helicopter or aircraft acting as… …   Aviation dictionary

  • dogleg fence — /dɒglɛg ˈfɛns/ (say dogleg fens) noun 1. a fence in which the top rail rests on crossed timber supports or on uprights with V shaped notches cut into their tops. 2. a single fence consisting of logs interlaced on a zigzag course …  

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”