slip-rail

American

[slip-reyl] / ˈslɪpˌreɪl /

noun

Australian.

one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.

slip rail British

noun

a rail in a fence that can be slipped out of place to make an opening

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Etymology

Origin of slip-rail

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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Darkness had settled down when horse and rider reached the slip-rail at the entrance of the field before Frank’s house.

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"It might be rather a lark—" A sharp sprint brought him up with the other two boys, who were awaiting his arrival seated on the top of a slip-rail, Mollie having gone in search of Prudence and Grizzel.

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So long as he was within the grounds of the house he felt confident and cheerful, but when he reached the slip-rail and looked over into the land beyond he felt some of his courage oozing away.

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