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

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

A worm fence is run around the house to keep the pigs out of the first story.

From Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 by Mason, Richard Lee

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

A "worm" fence at a little distance scattered beneath the fire, and as he looked up he saw the long rails flying across the field.

From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson