post-and-rail fence

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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At length we came to a post-and-rail fence, with a deep ditch beyond, which seemed to be a poser.

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Not a long way off was a post-and-rail fence set in a low foot-wall of stone, and this fence ran down to the Mys-tic Riv-er.

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In the pause some of his men were hurt and some killed by the guns that were set by the post-and-rail fence.

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

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