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buck fence

buck fence noun: a fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.

buck fence: a fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross,...
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Noun

buck fence (plural buck fences)

  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.
    • […] he sat down weakly on the lower bar of the buck fence and burst into tears […]1922, Honoré Willsie, chapter 2, in Judith of the Godless Valley, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, page 29
    • A stone cross was erected in March 1999 to mark the spot where Matthew Shepard was found lashed to a buck fence on the high plains east of Laramie, Wyoming.2000, Deborah Able, Hate Groups, Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Chapter 5, p. 90, caption
    Synonyms:
    jackleg fence

Synonyms of buck fence

Forms of buck fence

pluralbuck fences

Questions about buck fence

What does buck fence mean?
Buck fence means a fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
What part of speech is buck fence?
Buck fence is a noun.
What is the plural of buck fence?
The plural of buck fence is buck fences.

Words near buck fence in the dictionary

  1. buck dance
  2. buck danced
  3. buck dances
  4. buck dancing
  5. buck down
  6. buck fence
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  8. buck fever
  9. buck fifties
  10. buck fifty
  11. buck for

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