DCHP-2
rail fence † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several kinds of fence made of rails split from logs, as the snake fence.
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. . . .
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- 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.
