sunk fence

/səŋk fɛns/
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Other forms: sunk fences

Definitions of sunk fence
  1. noun
    a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
    synonyms: ha-ha, haw-haw
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    type of:
    ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
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