worm fence

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The Mormons in most cases fired from their houses, while the Antis found such shelter as they could in a cornfield and along a worm fence.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander

But only a moment, for he turned quickly away, the tears starting to his eyes, walked rapidly through the woods, climbed the worm fence beyond, and dropped, sobbing, in the thick bluegrass.

From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Fox, John

He was the strongest man I ever knew, and has been known to lift a man of his own weight and throw him over a worm fence.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)

This worm fence secured to the nature lover and to wild life a strip of land eight or ten feet wide, whereon plant, bird, beast, reptile, and insect flourished and reproduced.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

The worm fence disappeared and neat white lines flashed divisions of pastures, it seemed, for miles.

From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John