split rail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of split rail
1820–30;
Example Sentences
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To get there, we drove past split rail fences, fields of black-eyed Susans and grassy fields alternated with acres of burned trees and black stumps.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
A split rail caused the derailment of two locomotives and 13 loaded gondola cars transporting scrap metal.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2016
He split rail, fired rifles, tried cases and pushed for new bridges and roads and waterways.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day they detected a new sound, rushed out to the tracks, found a split rail over which the express had miraculously passed, flagged the next train, were praised for preventing a sure wreck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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