| 单词 | bank fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank fence bank fence n. a fence or boundary wall consisting of a bank of earth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > bank of earth bank fence1707 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 231 The Bank-fence is likewise a good shelter for the Land and the Cattle. 1785 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (1790) II. 97 This morning, made up a bank fence, on one side of a drinking pool. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. vi. 124 Not on the level ground, but on a salient corner or redan of earth, at the junction of two converging bank fences. 1904 E. P. Finnemore Marrying of Sarah Garland x. 118 She snatched at the tall grasses leaning outward from the bank fence, and robbed a tall-stemmed fox-glove of a handful of its bells. 1971 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. C. 71 36 On the north side there was a horseshoe-shaped depression and a modern bank fence ran along the north-eastern side near the base. < as lemmas |
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