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split rail
noun
a wooden rail split lengthwise from a log and commonly used in rustic rail and post fencing.
Word History and Origins
Origin of split rail1
Example Sentences
To get there, we drove past split rail fences, fields of black-eyed Susans and grassy fields alternated with acres of burned trees and black stumps.
They split rails and made harnesses and drove ambulances.
Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn.
A cedar split rail fence borders the 1/3 acre lot and encompasses several features for young explorers.
I scrambled over the white split rail fence and carefully picked my way past the sharpened stakes of the interior fence.
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