worm fence

Example Sentences

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He makes a dash at the ink-bottle every twenty seconds, places the third finger and thumb of his left hand on his paper, and scratches away at his worm fence like one possessed. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

Soon once more we were in underbrush and presently came square against a staked-and-ridered worm fence around a "deadening" dense with tall corn.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

The land was a great series of wooded parks such as one might have found in Merry England, except that worm fence and stone wall took the place of hedge along the highways.

From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Fox, John

The old worm fence was distinctly American; it had a zigzag series of chestnut rails, with stakes of twisted cedar saplings which were sometimes "chunked" by moss-covered boulders just peeping from the earth.

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

With only the worm fence and its rough clothing of wild vines and briers between them, the women met face to face.

From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)