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rock fence

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. 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.

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!

His scraggy hair topped the rock fence and his staring eyes peeped over, each its own way.

Their dead lay all about the gate of the rock fence, stark and still.

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