DCHP-3

Indian fence

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the 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.

Quotations

1827
But what arrests the attention most . . . is the extent of the Indian fences to entrap deer.
2

a kind of fish weir.

See: barrier

Quotations

1956
That afternoon Moses and Eli laid out stringers and poles and started to nail their Indian fence together.