rail fence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rail fence
An Americanism dating back to 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Plans for a "timber post and rail fence" have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council to consider.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023
Film and Video Festival in January 1981 featured a single page with a photo of a group of 20 or so people leaning against a wooden rail fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
His head hit the rail fence and he landed on the turf on his forehead, The New York Times reported at the time.
From Fox News ● Aug. 8, 2019
She was sipping nothing more lethal than tap water in her kitchen, its generous windows affording a view of undulating fields of grass bordered by a low rail fence.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
He sat on a rail fence, watching the night come over Gettysburg.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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