Definitions

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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Here he found a rude but strong snake fence, at which he sniffed with wonder.

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

"Please be careful, Virginia," said Oliver again, as they left the road and cantered in the direction of a clump of pine woods in a hollow beyond a rotting "snake" fence.

From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

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

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

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

A gleam of white through the snake fence against the pink of the clover caught his eye.

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