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picket fence

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picket fence
n.
A fence of upright pointed pickets.
picket fence
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a fence consisting of pickets supported at close regular intervals by being driven into the ground, by interlacing with strong wire, or by nailing to horizontal timbers fixed to posts in the ground
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Noun1.picket fencepicket fence - a fence made of upright pickets      
paling
fence, fencing - a barrier that serves to enclose an area
pale, picket - a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Translations
picket fence n → steccato, palizzata
picket fence n → steccato, palizzata


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In the course of a few days they surrounded their dwelling-house and magazines with a picket fence ninety feet square, flanked by two bastions, on which were mounted four four-pounders.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
They were recognized as graves by the discolored stones or rotting boards at head and foot, leaning at all angles, some prostrate; by the ruined picket fences surrounding them; or, infrequently, by the mound itself showing its gravel through the fallen leaves.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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