dogleg

dog +‎ leg

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɡlɛɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːɡlɛɡ/

dogleg (third-person singular simple present doglegs, present participle doglegging, simple past and past participle doglegged)

1. (intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back in original direction, such as down, right, down.
   • 2004, The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p. 48:

     ... when the causeway doglegs ...

dogleg (plural doglegs)

1. (golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway (before the hole)
2. A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
3. A sharp bend in a canyon or ravine.

• hairpin
• switchback

• logged, oggled