zigzag fence

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Here the worm or zigzag fence runs round the irregularly-shaped clearings, in the same rustic garb it wore when a denizen of the forest.

From Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony by Beavan, F. (Frederick), Mrs.

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

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 Murfree, Mary Noailles

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 Howard, Hattie

A faintly lined path led from the house through a gate in a zigzag fence and up to the base of her fortress.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham