fence-rail

That night, the news ran, a mob of a hundred business men led by the sheriff — the tame village street and the smug village faces ruddled by the light of bobbing lanterns, the mob flowing between the squatty rows of shops — had taken the organizer from his hotel, ridden him on a fence-rail, put him on a freight train, and warned him not to return.

Main Street 2004

He drew a deep breath, and reached out to rest a hand on the wooden fence-rail that separated this lower field from the grounds near the house.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

Our author finds them plentiful, however, at North Conway, where, as he describes it, their "song dropped from above" while he sat perched on a fence-rail looking at the snow-crowned Mount Washington range.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

One Scotchman, however (a fellow of unusual stature), seized a fence-rail, and, by his single arm, stayed the tide of flight in his part of the fray.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

His companion followed quickly as Gallegher climbed to one of the haymows, and crawling carefully out on the fence-rail, stretched himself at full length, face downward.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

He raised the fence-rail again and made as if to ram the door.

The Inn at the Red Oak Latta Griswold

Giant could make small feed of the animated fence-rail.

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

She gathered up the smallest of her kin, a fretful, whining child of about two years, and set it upon the fence-rail so its dirty, bare legs dangled on the inside of the enclosure.

Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown

On the fence-rail opposite, a flock of turkeys had composed themselves to sleep.

Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

A country lout is sitting on a fence-rail shouting, and the hunt comes up.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann