buck fence

English

A buck fence in Montana, USA.

Noun

buck fence (plural buck 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.
   • 1922, Honoré Willsie, chapter 2, in Judith of the Godless Valley‎^[1], New York: Frederick A. Stokes, page 29:

     […] he sat down weakly on the lower bar of the buck fence and burst into tears […]

   • 2000, Deborah Able, Hate Groups‎^[2], Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Chapter 5, p. 90, caption:

     A stone cross was erected in March 1999 to mark the spot where Matthew Shepard was found lashed to a buck fence on the high plains east of Laramie, Wyoming.

Synonyms

• jackleg fence