dog-leg

A form of dogleg — A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.

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Meanings

noundog-leg (plural dog-legs)

plural dog-legs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dogleg.
verbdog-leg (third-person singular simple present dog-legs, present participle dog-legging, simple past and past participle dog-legged)

present singular third person dog-legs · participle present dog-legging · participle past dog-legged · past dog-legged

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dogleg.

    Past Newens (the traditional English tea shop serving Maid of Honour tarts), Kew Gardens Rd dog-legs around towards Station Approach.

    1988, Carrie Segrave, editor, The Mitchell Beazley London Property Guide ’88: For Buyers, Sellers and Owners of Homes in London, London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, →ISBN, pages 354–355
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APA

dog-leg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog-leg

MLA

“dog-leg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog-leg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dog-leg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog-leg.

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