snake fence

NOUN

rail fence with interlocking rails

Synonyms

WEAK

Virginia fence Virginia rail fence worm fence zigzag fence

Example Sentences

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After a mile and a half we came to the corner of a snake fence.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

A snake fence ran in front of this and on two sides, at the back was a thick wood.

From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

Harvey's sporting blood was up, and with entire forgetfulness of his exhaustion he crept slowly forward, worming through the brush and long grass behind a snake fence.

From The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster

Over the snake fence massed the clover, red and white.

From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph

Here, for the first time in Canada, I observed hedges of the Canadian thorn--a great improvement on the old snake fence of rough split timber which prevails all through the colony.

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna