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  2. Split-rail fence - Wikipedia

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    Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...

  3. Chain-link fencing - Wikipedia

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    Chain-link fencing showing the diamond patterning A chain-link fence bordering a residential property. A chain-link fence (also referred to as wire netting, wire-mesh fence, chain-wire fence, cyclone fence, hurricane fence, or diamond-mesh fence) is a type of woven fence usually made from galvanized or linear low-density polyethylene-coated steel wire.

  4. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 May 4 ...

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    Here's a snake fence. Buddy431 13:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Just to be clear, a snake fence isn't any sort of fortification. It's just a type of boundary or enclosure fence that can be constructed from rails without nails or other sorts of fasteners. The zigzag pattern keeps it from falling over.

  5. Silt fence - Wikipedia

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    Silt fence installed on a construction site. Silt fences are often installed as perimeter controls. They are typically used in combination with sediment basins and sediment traps, as well as with erosion controls, which are designed to retain sediment in place where soil is being disturbed by construction processes (i.e., land grading and other earthworks).

  6. Crinkle crankle wall - Wikipedia

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    Crinkle crankle wall in Bramfield, Suffolk. A crinkle crankle wall, also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall built in a serpentine shape with alternating curves, originally used in Ancient Egypt, but also typically found in Suffolk in England.

  7. Perimeter fence - Wikipedia

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    An example of detector applied on a perimeter fence is the mems accelerometer. The advantages of having a perimeter intrusion detection system are various, and of great importance, for example we obtain a remarkable capacity to analyse the information produced by each sensor, without the need to increase the resources at the centre.

  8. Fence insert - Wikipedia

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    A fence insert is an object designed to fit or clip into standard chain-link fencing. Current products on the market include privacy slats that weave through the fence , plastic-shaped cups designed to clip into open cells, and two-part interlocking units which attach together at the crossover of fence wires.

  9. Rough-scaled snake - Wikipedia

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    The rough-scaled snake is a highly venomous snake. Its venom is a fast acting powerful neurotoxin that has potent post-synaptic neurotoxins as well as potent pre-synaptic neurotoxins. It also has potent coagulants as well as myotoxins. It will readily bite and is known for its foul disposition and defensive nature.