worm fence

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The fences were of various descriptions: hedge, wicker, some few pannel, and the old fashioned zig-zag, known as the "Virginia worm fence"—the hedge and worm fence being the most common.

From The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Delany, Martin Robison

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)

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

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

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