snake fence

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snake fence¹

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Longstreet was seated on the top of a snake-fence, in the edge of the wood, and looking perfectly calm and unperturbed.

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We had arrived in front of some bars which were laid across an opening in the snake fence that ran along one side of the road.

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The lane was a grassy sward, cut with two wagon-wheel tracks, and with a picturesque snake fence on either side.

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They went down the road to the swamp, climbed the snake fence, followed the path to the old trail and then turned south upon it.

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I felt mighty shaky once, I rickalect; dat time yalla m'latta man shootin' at me f 'um behime a snake-fence.

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