RAIL FENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rail fence mean? 

• RAIL FENCE (noun)
  The noun RAIL FENCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RAIL FENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAIL FENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rail fence; split-rail fence

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)

 Context examples 

He leaped a ditch, went through a rail fence, and fled across a field.

(White Fang, by Jack London)