DCHP-2

Texas gate DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• n. — Ranching & Agriculture, especially Alberta & Quebec

  pipes or slats set into a roadway or railway to prevent cattle or game from crossing; a cattle guard (see Images 1 & 2).

  Type: 5. Frequency — Texas gate is used more frequently in Canada than in other countries (see Chart 1). Other terms for Texas gate are cattle grid, cattle guard, and cattle gate. Texas gate is most prevalent in Alberta (see Chart 2), known for its cattle ranching. The 1994 quotation (dateline: Calgary, AB) suggests Texas gate might be an Alberta regionalism, though the term is also used in Quebec, where dairy farming is important (see Chart 2).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Texas gate", which is marked "Cdn (West)", and Gage-1, s.v. "Texas gate", which is described as used "in the West".

  • Some Texas gates are electrified, such as the one shown in Image 2. Pedestrians are warned not to cross the gate without rubber boots, or to take a path around the gate (with files from Baillie Ford, SD 11 Aug. 2016).