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Definition of Cattle guard
1. Noun. A bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cattle Guard
Literary usage of Cattle guard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the American Railway Engineering Association by American Railway Engineering Association (1911)
"CATTLE-GUARD.—A barrier placed at the intersection of a wing-fence with a railway
track to prevent the passage of live stock along the track. APRON. ..."
2. Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes by James Bradley Thayer (1895)
"... had escaped in consequence of there being no cattle-guard at a farm-crossing,
across the defendants' railroad on the plaintiff's land in Charlotte. ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"A cattle-guard cannot be considered as a part of a fence in such a sense that
the owner of cattle killed by reason of the defective condition of the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1921)
"In determining what is a sufficient cattle-guard ... R. over a cattle-guard is
not sufficient Co., 142 Mo. App. 332, 126 SW to establish that it was ..."
5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1886)
"This avers that the defendant, although operating the road for more than six
months previous, did not construct and maintain a cattle-guard at the highway ..."
6. The Elements of Railroad Engineering by William Galt Raymond (1917)
"A cattle guard is a structure intended to prevent cattle passing from a highway
... Surface cattle guard passage so difficult or unpleasant that no hoofed ..."
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