worm fence

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There seemed an enemy behind every bush, a rebel in every corner of the worm fence.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

A "worm" fence at a little distance scattered beneath the fire, and as he looked up he saw the long rails flying across the field.

From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

He makes a dash at the ink-bottle every twenty seconds, places the third finger and thumb of his left hand on his paper, and scratches away at his worm fence like one possessed. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

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

When used in this way the lines of fence may be 300 to 600 yds. long, in plan like a worm fence, with the blockhouse at the reëntrant angles.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)