zigzag fence

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It is said that the zigzag fence, so commonly used by farmers and others, was originally introduced into this country by African slaves.

From The Colored Inventor A Record of Fifty Years by Baker, Henry E.

A faintly lined path led from the house through a gate in a zigzag fence and up to the base of her fortress.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

Here the worm or zigzag fence runs round the irregularly-shaped clearings, in the same rustic garb it wore when a denizen of the forest.

From Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony by Beavan, F. (Frederick), Mrs.

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

Fortunately he found that there was a perceptible declivity as he approached the water, and not merely that, but that one of the rails of the zigzag fence had been detached.

From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Richardson, Major John