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RAIL FENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
Synonyms:
rail fence; split-rail fence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rail fence" is a kind of...):
fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)
Meronyms (parts of "rail fence"):
fence rail; split rail (a rail that is split from a log)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rail fence"):
snake-rail fence; snake fence; Virginia fence; worm fence (rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails)
