open-board fence
A fence of posts and rails clad with vertical boards spaced so that there are narrow gaps between them. Open-board fences offer less resistance to the wind on exposed sites and reduce air turbulence on the leeward side. A more substantial and usually taller fence than a picket fence.
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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