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Picket fence   /pˈɪkɪt fɛns/   Listen
Picket fence

noun
1.
A fence made of upright pickets.  Synonym: paling.






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"Picket fence" Quotes from Famous Books



... the distance. A broad carriage-drive, leading through an avenue of chestnuts, led up to the great front gate. The mansion was almost strong enough for a fort and was surrounded by a stone wall five feet high, with an iron picket fence on ...
— Sustained honor - The Age of Liberty Established • John R. Musick,

... they emerged into a clearing where there were cows in a meadow, and a view of houses. At the second of these, a frame house with a portico covered with vines and a small yard with a geranium bed, all enclosed in a picket fence, the "Lizzie" suddenly stopped and ...
— The Vagrant Duke • George Gibbs



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