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cross-fence
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a type of rail fence in which the horizontal rail is set in the crotch of two crossed uprights, the ends of which are driven into the ground.
Quotations
1870
. . . a passenger was expected to pay his stage fare, and then arm himself with a rail from the nearest cross-fence to assist in prying the coach out of the mud-holes.