zigzag fence
Example Sentences
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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
The ancient plough and awkward flail He banished long ago; The zigzag fence with ponderous rail He dares to overthrow; And wields, with sinews strong and hale, The latest style of hoe.
From Poems Vol. IV by Hattie Howard
He climbed the zigzag fence with some labour and at the expense of a few of his cherries.
From Tales from Bohemia by Robert Neilson Stephens
She sat down on the ruined and crumbling panel of a zigzag fence to rest and to wait for light.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
Fortunately he found that there was a perceptible declivity as he approached the water, and not merely that, but that one of the rails of the zigzag fence had been detached.
From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Major John Richardson
