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Definition of dog-leg fence in English: dog-leg fence(also dog-legged fence) noun Australian, NZ A fence consisting of logs laid horizontally on X-shaped wooden supports. the wild cattle had walked over the dog-leg fence, and eaten my crops Example sentencesExamples - The dog-leg fence is now almost out of use, and is very seldom seen.
- The clearing was fenced in by a light dog-legged fence, and the dusty ground round the house was almost entirely covered with cattle droppings.
- The shed was surrounded by a short history of rural fencing, with wire fence, remnants of log and branch fence, dog-leg fence, and—in the background—the hawthorn hedge.
- An early method of construction was the dog-leg fence.
- The two-rail fence is worth more than a dog-leg fence.
- The tiny flower patch surrounding the shack was protected by a dog-leg fence.
- In the valley of the Clyde River, a colonial house is set behind its dog-leg fence at a creek crossing.
- This slab hut, with its dog-leg fence, was once his South Australia home.
- To protect them from the hoofs of cattle and horses, he put up a dog-leg fence round the spot.
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