ˈslip-rail Austr.
[slip- 1 b.]
A fence-rail, forming one of a set which can be slipped out so as to leave an opening. Chiefly pl. Also attrib.
| 1828 Cunningham N.S. Wales II. 171 These patches might..communicate with the fields by means of slip-rail entrances. 1852 Mundy Antipodes (1857) 198 The greater part of our route lay through bush-roads.., through scores of slip-rails—the primitive gate of Australia, and along the bush-ranges. 1885 Mrs. Praed Austral. Life 79 Many men rode thro' the slip-rails and turned out their horses. |