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jackleg fence en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US) A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
   • The wind had blown the snow against the jackleg fences, and now only the top rail and anchor posts peeked out from beneath the drifts. 1985, Sally Garrett, chapter 13, in Northern Fires, New York: Harlequin, page 213:
   • More meadowlarks were perching along the poles of the jackleg fence, their necklaced throats throbbing as they sang to the Sun. 1991, Patricia Nell Warren, chapter 36, in One Is the Sun, New York: Ballantine, page 489:

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Synonyms

buck fence