English Explanatory Dictionary

ripgut fence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of fence made of criss-crossed pairs of wood poles, which was fairly common in western rangeland before the introduction of barbed wire.

Word forms

ripgut fence ripgut fences

Etymology

From rip (verb) + gut + fence.

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