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sunk fence

A walled ditch or sunken obstacle, such as a hedge, serving especially as a barrier to livestock without impairing the view or scenic appeal. Also called ha-ha².

sunk fence

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a ditch, one side of which is made into a retaining wall so as to enclose an area of land while remaining hidden in the total landscape Also called ha-ha

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sunk fence - a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape

ha-ha, haw-haw

ditch - a long narrow excavation in the earth

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There was a sunk fence in front of the marquee, dividing the lawn from the park, but a temporary bridge had been made for the passage of the victors, and the groups of people standing, or seated here and there on benches, stretched on each side of the open space from the white marquees up to the sunk fence.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

It had a small park, with a fine old oak here and there, and an avenue of limes towards the southwest front, with a sunk fence between park and pleasure-ground, so that from the drawing-room windows the glance swept uninterruptedly along a slope of greensward till the limes ended in a level of corn and pastures, which often seemed to melt into a lake under the setting sun.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

Its grey front stood out well from the background of a rookery, whose cawing tenants were now on the wing: they flew over the lawn and grounds to alight in a great meadow, from which these were separated by a sunk fence, and where an array of mighty old thorn trees, strong, knotty, and broad as oaks, at once explained the etymology of the mansion's designation.

Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

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