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Значения термина sunk fence на английском

A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

Использование термина sunk fence на английском
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He was kept at home for a week, and told not to go past the sunk fence.
The Book of One Syllable
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In the garden stood Rose, on the edge of the sunk fence dividing the Rectory domain from the cornfield.
Robert Elsmere
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There she made for a huge oak, which gloomed in the moonlight by the sunk fence parting the grounds.
Mary Marston
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Its garden surrounded by a sunk fence could be seen, and the figure of a lady walking in it.
The Coryston Family / A Novel
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It was erected after a great many disputes, but was unfortunately surrounded by a sunk fence and ornamental railing.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 16
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With her opera-glass, she examined the meadow, then ran to the bottom of the garden, and lying down, peered over the sunk fence.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1
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She half wished she was not too old and dignified to dart across the road, leap the sunk fence, and run to see.
Mistress and Maid: A Household Story
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Behind this came a square piece of kitchen garden, divided from the fields by a sunk fence, with a little wooden foot-bridge across it.
Thistle and Rose: A Story for Girls
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