snake fence
snake fence noun: a zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.
Noun
snake fence (plural snake fences)
- A zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.
- Snake fences were extravagant in land and in wood, but wood and land were cheaper in Canada in early days than were nails and hinges.1942, Emily Carr, “Beginnings”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- A breaker of green uniforms plunges down the slope of Lime Ridge, curls around sugar bushes and thickets, cascades over stone walls and snake fences, as the Fenians come howling down on them, rifles snapping.2011, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 22, in A Good Man, McClelland & Stewart
- Synonyms:
- split rail fence, Virginia fence, Virginia rail fence, worm fence
snake fence meaning in Tamil
snake fence in Tamil
- மரக்கிளை வேலி
Synonyms of snake fence
Forms of snake fence
| plural | snake fences |
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Questions about snake fence
- What does snake fence mean?
- Snake fence means a zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.
- What is snake fence in Tamil?
- Snake fence in Tamil is மரக்கிளை வேலி. See Snake fence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snake fence?
- Snake fence is a noun.
- What is the plural of snake fence?
- The plural of snake fence is snake fences.
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