DCHP-1 Online
rail fence † 
n. any of several kinds of fence made of rails split from logs, as the snake fence. [See picture in next column.]
See also: snake fence straight rail fence
- 1815 The Land good and well watered ; the cleared part, of which 19 Acres are clover, &c. meadow, is mostly under a new rail fence.
- 1961 And on the far left-hand corner, on a rail fence, was a smaller sign. . . .
- 1815 The Land good and well watered ; the cleared part, of which 19 Acres are clover, &c. meadow, is mostly under a new rail fence.