worm fence

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noun

Chiefly Midland U.S. snake fence.

Origin of worm fence

An Americanism dating back to 1645–55

Words nearby worm fence

worldly-wise, worldwide, worm, worm conveyor, worm drive, worm fence, worm gear, worm grass, worm into, worm lizard, worm out of

Example sentences from the Web for worm fence

  • Returning, weak and bewildered, I adopted the discarded route, which led me to a worm-fence at the edge of the woods.

    Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, |George Alfred Townsend

  • But I was away, striding over the cabbage-patch and climbing the worm-fence that shut in the estate of Hiram.

    On the Church Steps |Sarah C. Hallowell