"ripgut fence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ripgut fences [plural]
Etymology: rip (verb) + gut + fence Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rip|gut|pos1=verb}} rip (verb) + gut, {{m|en|fence}} fence Head templates: {{en-noun|head=ripgut fence}} ripgut fence (plural ripgut fences)
  1. (US) 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. Tags: US Categories (topical): Walls and fences

Inflected forms

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