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split rail

noun

a wooden rail split lengthwise from a log and commonly used in rustic rail and post fencing.

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What Are Split Infinitives?Sometimes infinitives need a little space. A split infinitive occurs when there’s an adverb between two parts of an infinitive. An infinitive consists of the word to and the simple form of a verb (e.g. to go and to read). “To suddenly go” and “to quickly read” are examples of split infinitives because the adverbs (suddenly and quickly) split (or break up) the infinitives to …
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Origin of split rail

1820–30; Americanism
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for split rail

  • For all that, in the evening he reached the split-rail fence at Kelshope.

    Northwest!|Harold Bindloss

  • There was a grass-field, enclosed by split-rail fence, and manured.

    Through Arctic Lapland|Cutcliffe Hyne

  • As he made for it, he fell into a split-rail fence, some of which he knocked down until he could climb over it.

    The Greater Power|Harold Bindloss

  • Mrs. Robin wanted it on the end of the second rail from the top of the split-rail fence.

    Among the Meadow People|Clara Dillingham Pierson