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dogleg

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dog⋅leg

  [dawg-leg, dog-] noun, adjective, verb, -legged, -leg⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a route, way, or course that turns at a sharp angle.
–adjective
2. dog-legged.
–verb (used without object)
3. to proceed around a sharp angle or along an angular or zigzag course: The road doglegged through the mountains.
Origin:
1885–90; dog + leg

dog-leg⋅ged

  [dawg-leg-id, -legd, dog-]
–adjective
bent like the hind leg of a dog; zigzag.
Also, dogleg.

Origin:
1695–1705
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dog·leg   (dôg'lěg', dŏg'-)   
n.  

    1. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.

    2. 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.
dog'leg'ged (-lěg'ĭd, -lěgd') adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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