zigzag fence

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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 Dickens, Charles

And what a garden of delight nestled in each protected corner of an old-fashioned zigzag fence!

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

Blackberry vines, sassafras and sumac bushes made one inextricable tangle of vegetation along the zigzag fence.

From The Man from Jericho by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

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 Phillips, David Graham

It is said that the zigzag fence, so commonly used by farmers and others, was originally introduced into this country by African slaves.

From The Colored Inventor A Record of Fifty Years by Baker, Henry E.