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cattle ramp


A steel grid used to exclude stock while allowing vehicle access to a paddock: Keep going down this road and turn left at the third cattle ramp. Compare cattle grate, cattle grid, grid2, ramp.

Contributor's comments: In wide use in country areas of Tasmania.

Contributor's comments: We on King Island knew this as a 'cattle grid' or 'cattle grate', a 'cattle ramp' was what one used to load cattle onto the back of trucks for transportation.