FENCE
ADJECTIVES
► RICK-RACK of fence: laid out in a zigzag pattern → 1968 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► BACKBONE FENCE a stake-and-rail fence → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BALANCED WALL ► BALANCE WALL a stone wall or fence → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BLIND FENCE a high fence which provides privacy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BRER RABBIT FENCE a fence made of split logs → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DEVALL a sunk fence → B1900 Sc.
► DIKE a hedge, a fence → 1808 Eng. dial.
► GALLOPING FENCE a fence of rails set in the ground at about 45 degrees, crossing each other at the opposite end; such fences were formerly used on steep hills → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► GARTH a fence or hedge → a1340 obs.
► HAG ► HAGG a hedge or fence → 1879 Eng. dial.
► HAW a hedge or encompassing fence; hence, a piece of ground enclosed or fenced in → c825 obs.
► HAY a hedge, a fence → c725 arch. or Eng. dial.
► HAYMENT ► HEYMENT a fence or boundary → 1770 Eng. dial. obs.
► LONGERS fence-rails → 20C Can. sl.
► MUSET a gap in a hedge or fence through which hares, rabbits, or other animals may pass → 1594
► PALE an area enclosed by a fence; an enclosed place; an enclosure → c1400
► PALIS 1. a fence of pales, a palisade, paling → a1300 obs.
2. a place enclosed by a palisade or fence; an enclosure → c1420 obs.
► PALISADE a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings → 1600
► PALISADO a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings → 1589 obs.
► PANE a section or length of a wall or fence → c1380 obs.
► RANGES a fence, an enclosure → 1537 obs.
► RICKET FENCE a fence made of split logs → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RICKLE a low stone fence built before a drain → Bk1904 Sc.
► SINGLE-SKINNER a single fence → 2002 UK sl.
► SMOOT-HOLE a hole in a fence, though which a hare or rabbit can pass → 1828 Eng. dial.
► WALL OF TIMBER a wooden partition; a fence → 1463 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PALISER a maker of palings or fences → 1442 obs.
VERBS
► BAR to surround with a barrier or fence → c1430 obs.
► GARTH to enclose with a fence → 1483 obs.
► PALE to enclose with pales or a fence; to furnish with a fence → c1330
► PALIS to surround or enclose with a palisade; to fence in → c1330 obs.
► PALISADE to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in → 1632
► PALISADO to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in → 1607 obs.
► TINE to enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in → 688 obs.