zigzag fence
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A zigzag fence is called in the Middle States a worm or “snake” fence.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
In some quarters, a snake or zigzag fence had been begun, but in no instance had it been completed; and the felled logs, half hidden in the soil, lay mouldering away.
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles
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)
One bright morning three Middleton boys were sitting astride the top rail of a zigzag fence that ran along a hillside at the edge of a thicket of underbrush.
From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various
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
