post-and-rail fence

British  

noun

1. a fence constructed of upright wooden posts with horizontal timber slotted through it

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Example Sentences

Here, contractors and work crews remove debris, deposit topsoil, plant grass and build a post-and-rail fence.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2011

I imagine a white farmhouse with black shutters, a red barn in the back, a post-and-rail fence, chickens in a coop.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

A stout post-and-rail fence surrounded the estate, and one of a more compact nature enclosed the more private grounds.

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.

This gateway is appropriate for a common post-and-rail fence or any of the log fences illustrated in the previous diagrams.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter

They swung back into the road, lying down along the high, stout post-and-rail fence, keeping up their fire by shooting between the rails.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 by Cox, Jacob Dolson