jackleg fence

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English

A jackleg fence in Montana, USA.

Noun

jackleg fence (plural jackleg 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.
    • 1985, Sally Garrett, chapter 13, in Northern Fires‎, New York: Harlequin, page 213:
      The wind had blown the snow against the jackleg fences, and now only the top rail and anchor posts peeked out from beneath the drifts.
    • 1991, Patricia Nell Warren, chapter 36, in One Is the Sun‎, New York: Ballantine, page 489:
      More meadowlarks were perching along the poles of the jackleg fence, their necklaced throats throbbing as they sang to the Sun.

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