fencepost

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English

two fence posts

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Etymology

From fence +‎ post.

Noun

fencepost (plural fenceposts)

  1. A post which helps hold up a fence.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 72:
      Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.

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