worm fence

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I looked earnestly forward, and on each side, in search of some token of human residence; but the spots of cultivation, the well-pole, the worm fence, and the hayrick, were nowhere to be seen.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

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

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

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)

But only a moment, for he turned quickly away, the tears starting to his eyes, walked rapidly through the woods, climbed the worm fence beyond, and dropped, sobbing, in the thick bluegrass.

From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Fox, John