split rail

noun

a wooden rail split lengthwise from a log and commonly used in rustic rail and post fencing.

Origin of split rail

1820–30; Americanism

Words nearby split rail

split page, split pea, split pelvis, split personality, split pin, split rail, split renal-function test, split ring, split roll, split run, split screen

Example sentences from the Web for split rail

  • For all that, in the evening he reached the split-rail fence at Kelshope.

    Northwest! |Harold Bindloss

  • There was a grass-field, enclosed by split-rail fence, and manured.

    Through Arctic Lapland |Cutcliffe Hyne

  • As he made for it, he fell into a split-rail fence, some of which he knocked down until he could climb over it.

    The Greater Power |Harold Bindloss

  • Mrs. Robin wanted it on the end of the second rail from the top of the split-rail fence.

    Among the Meadow People |Clara Dillingham Pierson