worm fence
Example Sentences
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The worm fence disappeared and neat white lines flashed divisions of pastures, it seemed, for miles.
From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John
A worm fence stretched along the road broken by two battered gate posts, and between the road and the house, the lane was crossed by a second fence and gate.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred
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
One of the figures in the foreground was a dead Confederate boy, lying in the angle of a worm fence.
From The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau)
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)
