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WORM FENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worm fence mean? 

WORM FENCE (noun)
  The noun WORM FENCE has 1 sense:

1. rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking railsplay

  Familiarity information: WORM FENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORM FENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

snake-rail fence; snake fence; Virginia fence; worm fence

Hypernyms ("worm fence" is a kind of...):

rail fence; split-rail fence (a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle))


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