worm fence
Example Sentences
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When he reached the worm fence of the hemp field, he threw his load from his shoulder upon the topmost rail, and, holding it there with one hand, climbed over.
From The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields by Allen, James Lane
This worm fence secured to the nature lover and to wild life a strip of land eight or ten feet wide, whereon plant, bird, beast, reptile, and insect flourished and reproduced.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
The man crossed his arms on the top rail of the worm fence, and laughed.
From The Shepherd of the Hills by Wright, Harold Bell
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
The same effect was further aided and preserved by the cumbrous and unseemly worm fence that shot forth its stiff angles around the tract.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
