DCHP-1 Online
zigzag fence † 
a snake fence, usually one made of split rails.
See also: snake fence
- 1842 The large logs are . . . rolled away for . . . making the zigzag log fences to keep off the cattle and sheep. . . .
- 1849 Our way led past small log or frame farm houses, separated from the road by the every-where seen zigzag or snake fence.
- 1942 The New Field had a snake fence around it, that is, a zigzag fence made of split cedar logs or of young sapling trees laid criss-cross, their own weight holding them in place so that they required no 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.
- 1842 The large logs are . . . rolled away for . . . making the zigzag log fences to keep off the cattle and sheep. . . .