# ranch terminology

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranch-terminology/67644>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranch-terminology/67644 "2001-06-05T06:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@Garo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garo)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranch-terminology/67644/1 "2001-06-05T06:42:29Z")

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Been trying to find an item on the search engines, but can’t seem to come up with the correct name to use to find one. Maybe someone knows a/the generic name for this kind of ranch gate. It consists of rollers over a trench that will allow an auto to pass over, but animals can’t make it across, or at least won’t attempt it.

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**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranch-terminology/67644/2 "2001-06-05T06:44:43Z")

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That would be a “cattle guard”. Interestingly, cattle also won’t try and cross over a series of parallel lines painted on the road to simulate a cattle guard.

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranch-terminology/67644/3 "2001-06-05T07:25:32Z")

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[One example](http://www.freybrothersinc.com/FREYHTML/CatlGrd1.html).  
[Another](http://cache.corbis.com/compwm/10/31/66/10316664.jpg).

No rollers, for what it’s worth. They’re welded up out of pipe.