worm fence

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There seemed an enemy behind every bush, a rebel in every corner of the worm fence.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Beyond the high worm fence grew a stubborn tangle of briers, vines, and cane.

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

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

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)