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    SPLIT-RAIL FENCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)play

    Synonyms:

    rail fence; split-rail fence

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("split-rail fence" is a kind of...):

    fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)

    Meronyms (parts of "split-rail fence"):

    fence rail; split rail (a rail that is split from a log)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "split-rail fence"):

    snake-rail fence; snake fence; Virginia fence; worm fence (rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails)

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