a fence made of rails interlocked in a zigzag pattern
snake fence in American English
US
Virginia (rail) fence
snake fence in American English
noun
a fence, zigzag in plan, made of rails resting across one another at an angle
Also called: Virginia fence, Virginia rail fence, worm fence
Word origin
[1795–1805, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, mirage, oxidize, sensitivity, unilateral