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单词 cockatoo fence
释义

cockatoo fence

noun Australian
An improvised fence made from logs and branches: the wall had replaced an old cockatoo fence I remembered in my childhood...
  • The cockatoo fence consists of forked sticks driven into the ground, and saplings or young trees laid across them.
  • He noted a derelict fence that he called a cockatoo fence, and though he did not describe it, he provided a diagram of the structure.
  • We have at least six conflicting descriptions or illustrations of a cockatoo fence, with no real way of determining which has historical priority.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps from cockatoo in the sense 'small-scale farmer', or from the bird's habit of sitting with others in a row on fences.

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