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ˈsnake-fence N. Amer.
[snake n.]
A fence made of roughly split rails or poles laid in a zigzag fashion; a worm or zigzag fence; = snake rail fence s.v. snake n. 12 a.
1805R. Parkinson Tour Amer. I. i. 48 Snake-fences; which are rails laid with the ends of one upon the other, from eight to sixteen in number in one length. 1830Galt Lawrie T. vii. i. (1849) 303 The American regions of stumps and stones, log-houses and snake-fences. 1844Marryat Settlers in Canada 53 A herd of cattle were grazing on a portion of the cleared land; the other was divided off by a snake-fence..and was under cultivation. 1864C. M. Yonge Trial II. 173 An untidy desolate-looking region, with a rude snake fence. 1887I. R. Ranche Life Montana 61 They are called ‘snake’ fences because they don't go straight, but form an angle, where the poles overlap each other. 1904C. G. D. Roberts Watchers of Trails 239 The snake fence of split rails which bounded the pasture. 1973L. Russell Everyday Life Colonial Canada ii. 33 In constructing a snake fence the rails of adjacent bays were overlapped at a wide angle... Such a fence was a zig-zag of bays. |