The Shepard bound to split-rail fence is my messiah.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

The headlights captured a weathered split-rail fence on the right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Noses Warm Kisses]

Just beyond the drive, a split-rail fence marked the road's dead end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Noses Warm Kisses]

I followed him down along the split-rail fence until we came to a broken-down gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violets Are Blue]

As Barbara crept forward to the split-rail gate, she saw his shadowy form get out of his car.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Presence of the Enemy]

Afterward I stood by the split-rail fence and turned the outdoor hose on my hands and forearms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stillwater] Reference

A split-rail fence separated the field from the road, and another marked the far end of the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Order War]

He glanced at her then walked awkwardly down the hill and stepped over an ancient split-rail fence.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Maiden's Grave]

It is miles of split-rail fence, moss on a wood shingle roof, broomcorn and flax in a pioneer garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proposal: A great deal on a New Deal] Reference

A broken, split-rail fence ran alongside the road for about a hundred yards, stopped, then started again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violets Are Blue]

What suffering that family went through when that young man was crucified on a split-rail fence by bigots.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: CNN/"Los Angeles Times" Host Democratic Presidential Debate - March 1, 2000] Reference

Hadley leads her over to a split-rail fence, with an extra layer of barbed wire running above the top rail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Songs of the Humpback Whale]

I started the car and drove slowly uphill, past the split-rail fence and the moonlit ocotillo toward the highway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spin] Reference

I ventured a little further up the hill, right to the split-rail fence, and took another picture as I heard it move.    From Wordnik.com.  [out with the aughts and in with the zippy 'teens!] Reference

Munching muesli bars, the Americans clambered over a series of fences, the first split-rail and the last chain-link.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shell Collector : Stories] Reference

Across another narrow road, he could see a split-rail fence and, beyond that, the marshes surrounding Scuttlehole Pond.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dance Of Death]

After four or five miles, they came upon a split-rail fence and a vista that looked amazingly like the Serengeti in Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sundays at Tiffany's]

People who live on the horse farms on the road to the beach report that the rails are disappearing from their split-rail fences.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dog of the Marriage] Reference

He also enjoyed building split-rail fences for neighbors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Their recent accomplishments include a new split-rail fence.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The grant also will cover a new split-rail fence, a flag and lights.    From Wordnik.com.  [DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS] Reference

The scrape marks and the break in the split-rail fence appeared fresh.    From Wordnik.com.  [totse.com] Reference

In front was a split-rail fence, a patio with furniture and landscaping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Her house in a field of grass surrounded by the split-rail fence still stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greeley Tribune - Top Stories] Reference

Plans to install a split-rail fence for access point at Red Hill Road crossing.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Prairie grasses grow inside a perimeter defined by hedges and a split-rail fence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage] Reference

"The split-rail fence is there to kind of tell people where and where not to go," St. Sauver said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Matthew was tied to a split-rail fence where he was beaten and left to die in the cold of the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Freethinker] Reference

Lowe's volunteers tore down the split-rail fence that surrounds the PlayVenture area and built a new cedar picket fence.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The split-rail fence, four or five rails in height, was set at intervals with posts, pierced with holes to hold the ends of the rails.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference

Approximately 5 feet outside of that was a split-rail, wooden fence running along the enclosure and leading to a public viewing platform.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Appleton Post-Crescent Latest Headlines]

A split-rail fence loomed ahead of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift Jr And His Jetmarine]

Before long, he came to a split-rail fence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guns Of The South]