英语词汇“cockatoo fence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cockatoo fence

noun Australian

An improvised fence made from logs and branches: the wall had replaced an old cockatoo fence I remembered in my childhood...

The cockatoo fence consists of forked sticks driven into the ground, and saplings or young trees laid across them.
He noted a derelict fence that he called a cockatoo fence, and though he did not describe it, he provided a diagram of the structure.
We have at least six conflicting descriptions or illustrations of a cockatoo fence, with no real way of determining which has historical priority.

Mid 19th century: perhaps from cockatoo in the sense 'small-scale farmer', or from the bird's habit of sitting with others in a row on fences.

单词	cockatoo fence
释义	cockatoo fence noun Australian An improvised fence made from logs and branches: the wall had replaced an old cockatoo fence I remembered in my childhood... The cockatoo fence consists of forked sticks driven into the ground, and saplings or young trees laid across them. He noted a derelict fence that he called a cockatoo fence, and though he did not describe it, he provided a diagram of the structure. We have at least six conflicting descriptions or illustrations of a cockatoo fence, with no real way of determining which has historical priority. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from cockatoo in the sense 'small-scale farmer', or from the bird's habit of sitting with others in a row on fences.
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