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rock fence
noun
, South Midland and Southern U.S.
- a wall built of unmortared stones, as one bordering a field.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rock fence1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
This young adult remained at her house at the rock fence approximately four months.
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For all we know he'll guess you must have got out of Thompson's stope somehow, and dig away his rock fence to see!
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His scraggy hair topped the rock fence and his staring eyes peeped over, each its own way.
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Their dead lay all about the gate of the rock fence, stark and still.
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