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a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle. Also called Virginia fence.[1640-50, Amer.]
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Rail fence — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rail fence — Rail Rail, n. [Akin to LG. & Sw. regel bar, bolt, G. riegel a rail, bar, or bolt, OHG. rigil, rigel, bar, bolt, and possibly to E. row a line.] 1. A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rail-fence — railˈ fence noun (US) A fence of wooden posts and rails • • • Main Entry: ↑rail … Useful english dictionary
rail fence — noun a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑fence, ↑fencing • Hyponyms: ↑worm fence, ↑snake fence, ↑snake rail fence, ↑Virginia fence … Useful english dictionary
rail fence — A fence constructed of wooden rails, sometimes roughly hewed rails, alternating from section to section slightly in direction, thereby presenting a worm like feature. A Virginia worm rail fence projecting equally on the land of each adjoining… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Rail Fence Cipher — The Rail Fence Cipher (also called a zigzag cipher) is a form of transposition cipher that derives its name from the way in which it is encoded.In the rail fence cipher, the plaintext is written downwards and diagonally on successive rails of an… … Wikipedia
Virginia rail fence — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Split-rail fence — A split rail fence and log fence is a type of fence constructed out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for agricultural or decorative fencing. Such fences require much more timber than other types of fences,… … Wikipedia
Cifrado Rail Fence — El Cifrado Rail Fence es una forma de cifrado por permutación que ha tomado por la forma en que se codifican los textos con él. En el cifrado rail fence, el texto plano se escribe hacia abajo diagonalmente a través de sucesivos raíles de una… … Wikipedia Español
snake-rail fence — noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑worm fence, ↑snake fence, ↑Virginia fence • Hypernyms: ↑rail fence * * * n. another term for snake fence … Useful english dictionary
