I. ˈdȯg-ˌleg, -ˌlāg adjective
Date: 1808
: crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg
a sharp dogleg bend in the fairway
II. noun
Date: circa 1909
1.
a. : something having an abrupt angle
b. : a sharp bend (as in a road)
2. : a golf hole having an angled fairway
III. intransitive verb
Date: 1944
: to proceed along a dogleg course
the single narrow street that dogleg s through town — Russ Leadabrand