rail fence

1. 1.

   a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)

   Synonymssplit-rail fence

   Broaderfence

   Narrowerworm fence

   Partssplit rail

Questions about rail fence

What does rail fence mean?

rail fence means "a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)".

What is another word for rail fence?

Close synonyms include split-rail fence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rail fence a common word?

rail fence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.