buck fence

noun

A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.

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jackleg fence
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Meanings

nounbuck fence (plural buck fences)

plural buck fences

  1. USA fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.

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

    1922, Honoré Willsie, chapter 2, in Judith of the Godless Valley, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, page 29
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    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.

    2000, Deborah Able, Hate Groups, Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Chapter 5, p. 90, caption

    Synonyms: jackleg fence

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.

Similar
jackleg fence
Also see
jackleg fence
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APA

buck fence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buck%20fence

MLA

“buck fence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buck%20fence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buck fence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buck%20fence.

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