What is a 'dressing fence'?

[kit279]

Doing a pairs hunter trial next month and the course will 'include 2 dressing fences'. What are they?! I have googled but to no avail

Sorry if this is a very obvious question!

 

[carthorse]

Think it is where they judge that you are side by side perfectly

 

[Bossanova]

You have to both try to jump it at the same time

 

[kit279]

ah, thanks very much! And there was I thinking it would just have nice flowers on it or something!

 

[lucretia]

PMSL. its called that because when you are doing a drill ride/mucial ride/ group display you checking your postition in relation to the other riders is called checking your dressing. if you are getting uneven the ride commander should tell you to dress to the left or right which ever is appropriate. and i think it comes from the military. because of that when you jump a dressing fence you should be level with the other rider(s) sort of knee to knee.