worm fence
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The fences were of various descriptions: hedge, wicker, some few pannel, and the old fashioned zig-zag, known as the "Virginia worm fence"—the hedge and worm fence being the most common.
From The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Delany, Martin Robison
Allemand, the pilot, had lost his head and was steering a course crooked as a worm fence.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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
As he crossed the log over the mill-stream, the spotted fox-hound puppy waddled after him, and several startled rabbits peered out from a clump of sassafras by the "worm" fence.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
He was the strongest man I ever knew, and has been known to lift a man of his own weight and throw him over a worm fence.
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
