cattle grid

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   a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle

   Synonymscattle guard

   Broaderbridge

Questions about cattle grid

What does cattle grid mean?

cattle grid means "a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle".

What is another word for cattle grid?

Close synonyms include cattle guard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cattle grid a common word?

cattle grid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.