cockatoo fence

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

fence erected by smallfarmers.

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xxii. p. 155:

«There would be roads and cockatoo fences . . . in short, allthe hostile emblems of agricultural settlement.»

1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. xiv. p. 120:

«The fields were divided by open rails or cockatoo fences, i.e.branches and logs of trees laid on the ground one across theother with posts and slip-rails in lieu of gates.»

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