five-barred

Braving the thistles chewing the five-barred gate, Tiffney climbed the hill, glancing eastwards to gauge whether the thick yellow-black cloud had crept any nearer.

Archive 2008-12-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008

Braving the thistles chewing the five-barred gate, Tiffney climbed the hill, glancing eastwards to gauge whether the thick yellow-black cloud had crept any nearer.

The Gorilla Stone Megan Arkenberg 2008

The spirit of the baronet had over-rated his strength; and he was forced to sit upon the lower step of a broad stile at the other end of the meadow: while Miss Margland, who leant her tall thin figure against a five-barred gate, willingly obviated his solicitude about Eugenia, by keeping Bellamy in close and unabating conference with herself.

Camilla 2008

It is supposed that they go out in all weathers, invariably walk ten miles a day, and leap five-barred fences on horseback.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

He pushed the animal at a five-barred gate; she fell in the leap, and the unfortunate jockey lost his life.

Rob Roy 2005

Hildebrand for several minutes, and he congratulated me on my deliverance from Morpeth or Hexham jail, as he would have done if I had fallen in attempting to clear a five-barred gate, and got up without hurting myself.

Rob Roy 2005

“You would call me out for it, I suppose, had I the advantage of being a man — You may do so as it is, if you like it — I can shoot flying, as well as leap a five-barred gate.”

Rob Roy 2005

She rarely rode at a five-barred gate, and that only on horses whose powers she knew.

The Silver Spoon 2004

The door of the barn looked between the end of the cottage and some disused piggeries through a five-barred gate upon the highroad.

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

The traditional five-barred gate is, as a rule, used by hunting men as it was intended to be used by the world at large; that is to say, they open it; and the double posts and rails which look so very pretty in the sporting pictures, are thought to be very ugly things whenever an idea of riding at them presents itself.

Hunting Sketches 2004