snake fence

1. 1.

   rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails

   Synonymsworm fencesnake-rail fenceVirginia fence

   Broaderrail fence

Questions about snake fence

What does snake fence mean?

snake fence means "rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails".

What is another word for snake fence?

Close synonyms include worm fence, snake-rail fence, Virginia fence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snake fence a common word?

snake fence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.