| 单词 | dead-wood fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead-wood fence b. dead-wood fence: a fence made of rough logs, fallen branches, etc. Chiefly Australian. 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 1813 J. Taylor Arator 208 They [sc. hogs] are the cause of dead wood fences, which render..labour unproductive. 1852 L. A. Meredith My Home in Tasmania I. x. 157 A ‘dead-wood fence’, that is, a mass of timber four or five feet thick, and five or six high, the lower part being formed of..logs..and the upper portion consisting of the smaller branches skilfully laid over. 1959 in S. J. Baker Drum ii. 103. < as lemmas |
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