rabbit-proof fence

British

noun

1. a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
2. informal a boundary between certain Australian states, marked by such a fence

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Mitchell and I turned off the track at the rabbit-proof fence and made for the tank in the mulga.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

They built a bark hut, fenced in a garden with a rabbit-proof fence, and planted it with potatoes.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

The clever journalist was astounded at what he heard, especially about the men on the rabbit-proof fence.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat

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