I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : tobacco of poor quality marketed in twists
2. : something having an abrupt angle felt to resemble the hind leg of a dog: as
a. or dogleg hole : a golf hole having an angled fairway that offers the player a choice of following the fairway or risking a shot across the rough
b. : kink
a dogleg in a cable
a dogleg in pipe
c. : a course (as of an airplane) involving movement first in one direction then in another ; also : an abrupt change in course or direction
II. adjective
also doglegged US usually -|legə̇d, Brit usually -gd ; or dog's-leg
: crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg ; specifically of stairs : consisting of two or more flights connected by a platform or platforms and running in opposite directions without an intervening well
III. intransitive verb
Etymology: dogleg (I) (course)
: to proceed along a dogleg course