| 单词 | cockatoo fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockatoo fence cockatoo fence n. a rough fence of logs and branches.Probably arising from the tendency of cockatoos to use fences as their perch; cf. Compounds 1b, cockatoo v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > fence made of logs and saplings dead-wood fence1813 cockatoo fence1842 1842 Port Phillip (Austral.) Gaz. 12 Jan. We observed fields beautifully ploughed, protected from trespass by nothing else than what is familiarly known as the cockatoo fence. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. III. xxii. 281 There would be roads and cockatoo fences,..in short, all the hostile emblems of agricultural settlement. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career viii. 60 The wire fence..had replaced an old cockatoo fence which I remembered in my childhood. 2013 Australasian Hist. Archaeol. 31 33 Dog-leg and cockatoo fences were widely used by selectors and squatters in colonial Australia in the early years of developing their selections and runs. < as lemmas |
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