Definition of dogleg
(Entry 1 of 3)
: crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg
a sharp dogleg bend in the fairway
dogleg
nounDefinition of dogleg (Entry 2 of 3)
1a
: something having an abrupt angle
b
: a sharp bend (as in a road)
2
: a golf hole having an angled fairway
dogleg
verb
doglegged; doglegging; doglegs
Definition of dogleg (Entry 3 of 3)
: to proceed along a dogleg course
the single narrow street that doglegs through town— Russ Leadabrand
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The first known use of dogleg was in 1671
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