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20 wrz 2023 · The term “dogleg” in golf refers to a hole with a fairway that bends either to the left or right, making it difficult to see the green from the tee box. The name comes from the resemblance of the fairway bend to the ankle part of a dog’s leg.
24 sty 2012 · Dogleg. Electrical Slang, while installing electrical conduit or pipe if one does not correctly line up the pipe in a conduit bender, a crooked or doglegged pipe will result. This, if installed would not be acceptable, as being unprofessional.
13 paź 2016 · A dogleg is a golf term for a hole with a fairway that bends to the left or the right that obscures the green from the tee box. The name comes from the resemblance of the fairway bend to a dog's leg, more specifically the ankle part.
a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course: The driver lost control as he tried to negotiate a dogleg on a steep mountain road. The 17th hole is a left-hand dog-leg. Fewer examples. The road makes a dog-leg towards Puerto in the east. The main road describes a dog-leg through the site.
2 maj 2017 · If you look closely at the ODO (Oxford Dictionary Online), they claim that dogleg is American English, while dog-leg is British English. They could have made this clearer, but if you're maintaining an on-line dictionary, it's hard to get everything right.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb dogleg. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course: The driver lost control as he tried to negotiate a dogleg on a steep mountain road. The 17th hole is a left-hand dog-leg. Fewer examples. The road makes a dog-leg toward Puerto in the east. The main road describes a dog-leg through the site.
