snake fence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snake fence
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Longstreet was seated at the top of a snake fence at the edge of the wood, and looking perfectly calm and imperturbed.
From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon
Over the snake fence massed the clover, red and white.
From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph
And though the old snake fence must fall, 'Twas easy made, axe, wedge and maul, Were all the tools the pioneer Required the old rail fence to rear.
From Poems of James McIntyre by McIntyre, James
He had just come out of the woods and up to the snake fence of split rails which bounded the pasture.
From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Harvey's sporting blood was up, and with entire forgetfulness of his exhaustion he crept slowly forward, worming through the brush and long grass behind a snake fence.
From The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster
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