zigzag fence
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One bright morning three Middleton boys were sitting astride the top rail of a zigzag fence that ran along a hillside at the edge of a thicket of underbrush.
From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various
At length he came to the zigzag fence of split rails which prevented the wilderness from encroaching upon the clearing of the Hermit.
From Followers of the Trail by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Vacant of illusions was the winding road—silent, and empty, and white, its curve visible from the fireplace through the black rails of the zigzag fence.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
In some quarters, a snake or zigzag fence had been begun, but in no instance had it been completed; and the felled logs, half hidden in the soil, lay mouldering away.
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
One day his wanderings brought him to the edge of the wilderness where, inclosed by a zigzag fence of rails, he caught his first glimpse of human habitation.
From Followers of the Trail by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
