Fence
That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
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Fence Quotations
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
Jim Rohn
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Robert Frost
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers
A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
H. L. Mencken
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
Sitting Bull
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
Johnny Cash
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.
William Faulkner
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
John Locke
My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.
Steven Tyler
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
Sophia Loren
Fence Translations
fence in Danish is indhegning
fence in Latin is saepe
fence in Norwegian is heler, gjerde, hele, fekte
fence in Portuguese is cerca
fence in Spanish is reja, vallado
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