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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 rails
Familiarity information: WORM FENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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