snake fence

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And though the old snake fence must fall, 'Twas easy made, axe, wedge and maul, Were all the tools the pioneer Required the old rail fence to rear.

From Poems of James McIntyre by McIntyre, James

The next time I find myself firing from behind a snake fence I shall not crowd forward into one of the corners.

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen

Longstreet was seated at the top of a snake fence at the edge of the wood, and looking perfectly calm and imperturbed.

From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon

Lucy tied the halter to the snake fence, and returned to the group on the grass, who were already justifying their claims regarding their appetite by an indiscriminate slaughter of sandwiches.

From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.

So Jim ran lightly across the stony, clover-set ground to where the little girl roamed along the old snake fence, picking berries sometimes, sometimes watching the sportsmen out of shy, golden-grey eyes.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge