| 单词 | split rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmassplit rail split rail n. originally U.S. a fence rail split from a log; frequently attributive, as split-rail fence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence > rail kneeling-rail1703 fence-raila1744 split rail1826 slip-rail1827 shoot-rail1856 guard-rail1860 spar1882 rail- 1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 206 Scarcely has a family fixed itself, and enclosed a plantation with the universal fence,—split rails [etc.]. 1897 Essex Antiq. (Salem, Mass.) Feb. 27/2 The split-rail fence is also old. Logs, generally of ash, about nine feet in length, and a foot or more in diameter, split the entire length into about sixteen equal parts, formed the rails, which were chamfered at each end. Of such split sections posts were also made, having holes cut in them in the proper places to receive the ends of the rails. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Feb. 30/2 A new post or a new set of rails has to be put in a split-rail fence. 1976 V. J. Scott & D. Koski Walk-in (1977) xxx. 216 A weathered split-rail fence..announced the boundary. < as lemmas |
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