jackleg fence

English

A jackleg fence in Montana, USA.

Noun

jackleg fence (plural jackleg fences)

1. (US) A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
   • 1985, Sally Garrett, chapter 13, in Northern Fires‎^[1], New York: Harlequin, page 213:

     The wind had blown the snow against the jackleg fences, and now only the top rail and anchor posts peeked out from beneath the drifts.

   • 1991, Patricia Nell Warren, chapter 36, in One Is the Sun‎^[2], New York: Ballantine, page 489:

     More meadowlarks were perching along the poles of the jackleg fence, their necklaced throats throbbing as they sang to the Sun.

Synonyms

• buck fence