worm fence
noun
Chiefly Midland U.S. snake fence.
Origin of worm fence
1An Americanism dating back to 1645–55
Words Nearby worm fence
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How to use worm fence in a sentence
He would mount to the top pole of the worm fence dividing the fields from the woods.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersHe was the strongest man I ever knew, and has been known to lift a man of his own weight and throw him over a worm fence.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln | Francis Fisher BrowneOne of the figures in the foreground was a dead Confederate boy, lying in the angle of a worm fence.
The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 | Basil L. GildersleeveAllemand, the pilot, had lost his head and was steering a course crooked as a worm fence.
Heralds of Empire | Agnes C. LautMeanwhile Si had strolled over a little ways to where an old worm fence had stood when the regiment went into camp.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) | John McElroy
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