slip-rail
noun
one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
slip-rail
American
[slip-rayl]
/ ˈslɪpˌreɪl /
noun
Australian.
slip rail
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of slip-rail
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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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.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson
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 Charles W. L. Bryde
They had reached the slip-rail and were climbing over, when a tall man appeared from the garden of Drink Between.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
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 Rolf Bolderwood
And Meg let down the slip-rail, put it back in its place with trembling fingers, and fled in wild haste through the two remaining paddocks.
From Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner
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