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| backstop |
in sports, a structure, such as a fence or wall, used to keep a ball from going out of the playing area. [1/2 definitions] |
| barrier |
something that stops something from coming in or going out, such as a fence or wall. |
| chain-link fence |
a fence made of interwoven links of galvanized steel. |
| corral |
an area with a fence around it. Corrals are used to keep horses and cattle from wandering away. [1/2 definitions] |
| cyclone fence |
a strong chain-link fence, usu. high and topped with barbed wire, used around military bases, prisons, and the like. |
| enclose |
to surround (land or property) with a fence or other barrier. [1/3 definitions] |
| enclosure |
something that surrounds an area of land, such as a fence or wall, or the land so surrounded. [1/3 definitions] |
| fence |
to place a fence around (often followed by "in," "off," or "out"). [1/3 definitions] |
| fenced-in |
surrounded or enclosed by a fence or other physical barriers. [1/2 definitions] |
| fenceless |
combined form of fence. |
| fold2 |
an area within a fence or wall where sheep or other animals are kept. |
| gate |
a part of a fence or wall that swings to open and close. [1/2 definitions] |
| hedge |
a solid row of bushes, used as a kind of fence. |
| jump |
a fence or other barrier to be jumped over. [1/11 definitions] |
| kraal |
in South Africa, a native village enclosed by a fence or stockade. [1/3 definitions] |
| lists |
the fence enclosing this arena. [1/3 definitions] |
| paddock |
a field surrounded by a fence, near a barn. Animals graze or exercise in a paddock. [1/2 definitions] |
| paling |
a fence built of pales. [2/3 definitions] |
| palisade |
a tall strong fence of pointed stakes. [1/2 definitions] |
| pentathlon |
in the Olympic games, a five-event contest in which each competitor must ride, on horseback, a cross-country course, run cross-country, swim, fence, and shoot a pistol. [1/2 definitions] |
| picket |
a pointed post fixed into the ground, used to make a fence or hold something in place. [2/3 definitions] |
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