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dogleg

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dog·leg  (dôglg, dg-)
n.
1.
a. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
b. A sharp bend or turn: Make a dogleg at the fire station and continue south.
2. Sports A golf hole in which the fairway is abruptly angled.
intr.v. dog·legged, dog·leg·ging, dog·legs
To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left.

doglegged (-lgd, -lgd) adj.

dogleg [ˈdɒgˌlɛg]
n
a.  a sharp bend or angle
b.  something with a sharp bend
vb -legs, -legging, -legged
(intr) to go off at an angle
adj
of or with the shape of a dogleg
doglegged  [ˌdɒgˈlɛgɪd ˈdɒgˌlɛgd] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dogleg - angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog
angle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
2.dogleg - a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway
golf hole, hole - one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes"
Translations
dogleg [ˈdɒgleg] N (in road etc) → codo m, ángulo m abrupto
dogleg dog-leg [ˈdɒglɛg] n (= bend) → coude m
dogleg [ˈdɒgˌlɛg] n (in road) → curva a gomito
dogleg [ˈdɒgˌlɛg] n (in road) → curva a gomito


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Of seeing Valencia High junior Brandon Christianson get to 11 under par going into his final hole at Ojai's Soule Park in 2002, then refusing to play safe on that difficult dogleg par-5 just to protect a course-record round.
St Henry's is approached head on, up a gentle dogleg pedestrian ramp to the small foyer lit by natural light at the western entrance.
With major volunteerism and a dip into next year's recreation budget, the town itself and Grindline built it: a dogleg capsule with over vert elbow and an encapsulated fullpipe.
 
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