zigzag fence
Example Sentences
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She sat down on the ruined and crumbling panel of a zigzag fence to rest and to wait for light.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
Ah! the squatter’s clearing, with its zigzag fence, its girdled trees, and white dead-woods!
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
At length he came to the zigzag fence of split rails which prevented the wilderness from encroaching upon the clearing of the Hermit.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
The ancient plough and awkward flail He banished long ago; The zigzag fence with ponderous rail He dares to overthrow; And wields, with sinews strong and hale, The latest style of hoe.
From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie
I soon arrived at the zigzag fence bounding the fields of Gayarre; for we were still upon the very borders of his plantation.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
