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

Massissauga had but an untidy desolate-looking region, with a rude snake fence, all unconsecrated!

From The Trial by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

He climbed the snake fence into the woodland and splashed rapidly through the wet growth.

From The Heart of Arethusa by Fox, Frances Barton

On the rude snake fence at the back of the pasture sat a boy, with a roll of birch bark in his hands.

From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

On either side of the lane, cutting it off from the fields, straggled a zigzag snake fence, with milk-weed, tansy, and mullein growing raggedly in its corners.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston

Lucy tied the halter to the snake fence, and returned to the group on the grass, who were already justifying their claims regarding their appetite by an indiscriminate slaughter of sandwiches.

From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.