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

This was some twenty paces across—from the row of old kerosene-tins that constituted his flower-garden, past shed and woodstack to the post-and-rail fence.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

As soon as Moor's brigade was over, it was deployed on the right and left of the turnpike, which was bordered on either side by a high and strong post-and-rail fence.

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

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