dog-legged

It was only about a ten minute walk away from the video shop down narrow, unevenly paved laneways and dog-legged streets.

The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010

Clearly these were railroad flats with front-to-back corridors that dog-legged halfway along their lengths to accommodate the entrances.

The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006

Clearly these were railroad flats with front-to-back corridors that dog-legged halfway along their lengths to accommodate the entrances.

The Hard War Child, Lee 2006

It dog-legged, or dog stumped might be closer, cut off shortly after the point where it turned.

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

There was no reason to be cruising past the leafy baronial estates, since most of the streets dog-legged and dead-ended into the Huntington Gardens.

Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

There was no reason to be cruising past the leafy baronial estates, since most of the streets dog-legged and dead-ended into the Huntington Gardens.

Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

No one was visible in the dripping passage, which dog-legged after a few dozen meters, cutting off the line of sight.

Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

The screeding frames for tiles (6 and 8 mm thick) are shaped to provide an "interlock" at the mitre - the diagonal mitre has been replaced by a dog-legged mitre.

Chapter 10 1997

The track snaked over a rise and then dog-legged down the far slope.

The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

When the path dog-legged and changed direction, the mules could not make the turn in one attempt.

The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995