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Rail fence   /reɪl fɛns/   Listen
Rail fence

noun
1.
A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle).



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"Rail fence" Quotes from Famous Books



... celebrated sufficiently they settled down behind the old rail fence, on the opposite side to the one from which their foes had been driven. A few shot perfunctorily at ...
— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane
... to do, Saunders remained in the road for a moment, then the sound of a low sob in the direction from whence Drake had come reminded him of Dolly's nearness, and he guided his horse forward. Suddenly in the corner of a rail fence, her face covered with her hands, he saw Dolly. Springing to the ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben
... merrymakers were singing. One of the girls was thirsty. When she saw the shanty in the rugged field, she asked a young man to get her a glass of water at the hut. The wagon stopped and the youth climbed astride the rail fence. Suddenly an unnaturally shrill ...
— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens


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