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fence post
[ fens pohst ]
noun
- a post, made of wood, metal, or other sturdy material, that is a vertical support for a fence. The horizontal pieces or sections of a fence are attached to the fence posts, which are set at intervals into the ground, usually secured with concrete or gravel.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fence post1
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Example Sentences
Have the president drive in the golden fence post at Promontory Point II and sign the amnesty right there.
But all of a sudden he flew up on the tallest fence-post he could find, and flapped his wings.
When he was near enough to see all over the field, he dropped down to the top of a fence post, and there he waited.
The door had locked itself behind me; they got a fence post for a battering ram, and the post burst into flame.
His household consisted of a Kiowa Indian man cook, four hounds, a pet sheep, and a half-tamed coyote chained to a fence-post.
A third failure—the bullet clipping a splinter from a fence-post on the opposite side of the ring.
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