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Worm fence   /wərm fɛns/   Listen
Worm fence

noun
1.
Rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails.  Synonyms: snake-rail fence, snake fence, Virginia fence.






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"Worm fence" Quotes from Famous Books



... mine, which was right heavy, and seeing there was a good stretch of open road before we began to go up the hill on the top of which was Miss Susanna's home, I told him he had better sit down a minute and rest, and I got up on the worm fence and twisted my feet around the rail below, and looked at him before he knew what I was going to do. He coughed a little and looked at his watch and said it was rather late to be resting, as Miss Susanna might be going to bed, and that if I were not too tired he ...
— Kitty Canary • Kate Langley Bosher

... peaches were big and fleshy. Small, seedy sorts demanded ten bushels for one. Unpeeled, the ratio fell to seven for one. But there was seldom any lack of fruit—beside the orchard, there were trees up and down all the static fence rows—the corner of a worm fence furnishing an ideal seat. Further, every field boasted trees, self-planted, sprung from chance seed vagrantly cast. These volunteer trees often had the very best fruit—perhaps because only peaches ...
— Dishes & Beverages of the Old South • Martha McCulloch Williams

... serious and melancholy. He would take his gun on his shoulder and wade out into the meadow marshes, as if for game, and there would be seen by other gunners sitting on some old pier or perched on some worm fence, looking straight up at the sky, as if it might answer the riddle of his father's hate and his own unreciprocated affection. He would also, on rainy or cold days, when the inmates could not stir abroad, mount his horse and ride to the almshouse beyond the town ...
— Tales of the Chesapeake • George Alfred Townsend



Words linked to "Worm fence" :   rail fence, snake fence, Virginia fence



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