First recorded in 1715–25
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It was pitch dark, and I had just crawled through a slip-rail, making for a pad to Braun's, when I brought up all standing, with my outstretched hands on a horse's rump.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
Not very far off there was a lean horse standing, but he didn't seem to like to come through the slip-rail o' the paddock fence.
From Station Amusements in New Zealand by Barker, Lady (Mary Anne)
Another slip-rail lowered, they drew up at the foot of a steepish hill, beside a sandy little vegetable garden, a shed and a pump.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel
None the less was it probable, as her mistress well knew, that if slip-rail or panel was down she would be at her old home by morning light.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
Darkness had settled down when horse and rider reached the slip-rail at the entrance of the field before Frank’s house.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.
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