snake fence

Example Sentences

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He had just come out of the woods and up to the snake fence of split rails which bounded the pasture.

From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

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

Baird encountered a snake fence and an almost impassable mat of briers, but even in the darkness he felt sure of his direction, certain of it when he slid down into mud and water.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth

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

Such a man was the Hermit, who dwelt alone in a log cabin where the southern border of the wilderness terminated abruptly at an old snake fence.

From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)