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dogleg definition

dog·leg (dôg′leg′)

noun

a sharp angle or bend like that formed by a dog's hind leg, as in a golf fairway

intransitive verb doglegged -·legged′, doglegging -·leg′·ging

to go or lie in one direction and then angle off in another

adjective

of, or having the form of, a dogleg
also doglegged dog′·leg′·ged (-leg′id, -legd′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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