DCHP-2
Indian fence DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 — Obs.
two converging lines of fencing, as poles, piles of turf or brush, etc., used in early times in deer drives.
See also: deer drive deer hedge
- 1827 (1911) But what arrests the attention most . . . is the extent of the Indian fences to entrap deer.
2
a kind of fish weir.
See also: barrier
- 1956 That afternoon Moses and Eli laid out stringers and poles and started to nail their Indian fence together.
- 1827 (1911) But what arrests the attention most . . . is the extent of the Indian fences to entrap deer.