dogleg

(dôg'lĕg', dŏg'-)
n.

1. 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., -legged, -leg·ging, -legs.
To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left.

doglegged dog'leg'ged (-lĕg'ĭd, -lĕgd') adj.

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Said of a facility having one or more right-angled bends, as in a dogleg stair.

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An intentional, temporary moving away from the track and returning to it later on with a view to either lose time or avoid bad weather or an obstruction. The two common methods of doglegs are to alter one’s course by 30°/45° and fly for a fixed period of time. Thereafter, the pilot can alter the aircraft’s course by double the original change (i.e., by 60°/90°) and fly this leg for the same period of time. At the end of this period, the original course is resumed, assuming there is no wind.



In this case, aircraft alters course by 60 degrees and flies the new course, for say, one minute. After one minute the pilot alters course by 120 degrees and flies this course for one minute and thereafter gets onto the original course in this process. The aircraft would have lost one minute. Other dog leg procedures involve alteration of original course by 30 and 45 degrees.

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For a list of words related to dogleg, see:

• Golf
• Shapes - dogleg: course that takes a sharp bend or abrupt turn

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See words rhyming with "dogleg."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skarp drejning på kurve, afstand mellem to drejninger, krydsben
v. intr. - lave knæk på

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpe hoek, haarspeldbocht

Français (French)
n. - virage en épingle à cheveux, coude (sur la route, etc), angle abrupt, en coude
v. intr. - contourner un virage en épingle à cheveux, aller en zigzaguant (route)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haarnadelkurve
v. - sich schlängeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) απότομη καμπή/στροφή (οδού κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
curva a gomito, pista automobilistica, a zig zag

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escada (f) em ziguezague

Русский (Russian)
крутой вираж

Español (Spanish)
n. - ángulo abrupto
v. intr. - seguir luego de un ángulo abrupto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tvär kurva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
似狗后腿之弯曲, 转弯, 沿着弯路行进

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 似狗後腿之彎曲
v. intr. - 轉彎, 沿著彎路行進

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뒤틀린 것, 급커브, 질 나쁜 담배
v. intr. - 갈짓자로 나아가다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 曲がったもの, ドッグレッグ
v. - ジグザグに進む
adj. - くの字形に曲がった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التواء حاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיבוב, פנייה חדה‬
v. intr. - ‮התקדם בזווית חדה או במסלול מפותל, פנייה חדה‬

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