A fence made with crossed stakes and rails laid on them, the highest of which is the “rider.”
1829. [He met] a man in a lane with a stake-and-rider fence on each side.—Mass. Spy, Feb. 11: from the Georgia Courier.
1839. He had no sooner straddled the rider, than his aspect suddenly changed. Note. “The highest rail which rests upon the stakes of the fence.”—Mr. Underwood of Kentucky, House of Repr., Jan. 16: Cong. Globe, p. 374, App.
