worm fence
Example Sentences
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On a dim path in thick woods we paused at a worm fence lying squarely across our way.
From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington
As he crossed the log over the mill-stream, the spotted fox-hound puppy waddled after him, and several startled rabbits peered out from a clump of sassafras by the "worm" fence.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
The old "worm" fence went down, and as Dan piled up some loose rails before him, a creeping brier tore his fingers until the blood spurted upon his sleeve.
From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
Meanwhile Si had strolled over a little ways to where an old worm fence had stood when the regiment went into camp.
From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John
I looked earnestly forward, and on each side, in search of some token of human residence; but the spots of cultivation, the well-pole, the worm fence, and the hayrick, were nowhere to be seen.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden
