fence
Senso (Inglese)
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- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- The place whence such a middleman operates.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- A memory barrier.
sinonimi
stall fence
dealer in stolen goods
prevaricate
rail in
rail off
acacia tree
fence rail
outer wall
enclosing wall
stockae
put up a fence
rail fence
practise fencing
outside wall
wing fence
diffuser grid
twig fence
pilerow
enclosed area
garden fence
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/fɛns/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare). Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).
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