dogleg
/ˈdɔɡˌlɛɡ/
noun
- A sharp bend or turn in a road, path, or golf fairway, shaped like a dog's hind leg.
- The hiking trail had a dogleg that surprised us around the corner.
- The old country road took a sudden dogleg to the left near the farm.
- He aimed his golf shot carefully to get around the dogleg on the fifth hole.
Antonyms
verb
- To bend or turn sharply, like a dog's hind leg.
- The pipeline doglegs to avoid the ancient ruins.
- The river doglegs around the mountain before flowing into the valley.
- The path doglegs to the right after the big oak tree.