snake fence

American  

noun

1. a fence, zigzag in plan, made of rails resting across one another at an angle.

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Etymology

Origin of snake fence

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Such a man was the Hermit, who dwelt alone in a log cabin where the southern border of the wilderness terminated abruptly at an old snake fence.

From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

A snake fence ran in front of this and on two sides, at the back was a thick wood.

From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

This was but a deserted lane, which Sydney had chosen as affording a short cut to Melissa's, and, of a sudden, the passage was closed by a snake fence eight rails high.

From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton

These two kinds of humour, the middle-class jokes about courting between lovers seated on a snake fence, or about Sunday schools p. 185and quaint answers there given to Biblical questions, leave us cold.

From Lost Leaders by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)

At length, we left the path altogether, and pulling down a snake fence, passed through the gap into open fields.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)