fence

Etymology
From, , short for , , from , (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 (compare  ).

Noun

 * 1) A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
 * 2)  Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
 * 3)  The place whence such a middleman operates.
 * 4) Skill in oral debate.
 * 5)  The art or practice of fencing.
 * 6) A guard or guide on machinery.
 * 7)  A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
 * 8)  A memory barrier.
 * 1)  The art or practice of fencing.
 * 2) A guard or guide on machinery.
 * 3)  A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
 * 4)  A memory barrier.
 * 1)  A memory barrier.
 * 1)  A memory barrier.

Translations

 * Aari: gurdá
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: አጥር
 * Arabic: سُور, سِيَاج
 * Aragonese: barana
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: বেৰা, জেওৰা
 * Azerbaijani:, , barı, sədd,
 * Bashkir: ҡойма
 * Basque: hesi
 * Belarusian: плот, агаро́джа, парка́н, тын
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bislama: banis
 * Breton: peulgae
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Cebuano: koral
 * Chechen: керт
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuukese: tit
 * Cornish: ke, kloos
 * Czech:, , oplocení
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tara
 * Faroese: girðing
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, cerrume
 * Georgian: ღობე, გალავანი
 * German: ; ;  ;
 * Alemannic German: Haag
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: φραγμός, ἕρκος
 * Greenlandic: ungaloq
 * Hausa: shinge
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: alad
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: aita
 * Irish: fál, sconsa,, airbhe
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: дуал, қаша
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: кашаа,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: saepēs
 * Latvian: žogs, sēta
 * Lithuanian: tvora
 * Macedonian: о́града, плет, плот
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mansaka: arad
 * Manx: cleigh
 * Maori: taiapa, taiepa
 * Maranao: alad
 * Moksha: перяфкс
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠰᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ, ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤ
 * Norman: cllôture d'bouais,  cliôthuthe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gjerde
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic: халѫга
 * Cyrillic: плотъ
 * Old English: heġe
 * Oromo: dallaa, kellaa
 * Ossetian: ӕмбонд
 * Pennsylvania German: Fenz
 * Persian: ثرچين,, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Tun
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: pirqa
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: saiv
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: callaid, feansa, bàrd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ограда, плот
 * Roman: ,
 * Siberian Tatar: цитән
 * Sidamo: huxxa
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: plot,, oplotenie
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: płot
 * Upper Sorbian: płot
 * Southern Altai: чеден
 * Spanish:, cerramiento, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: bakod
 * Tajik:, ҳисор
 * Tamil:
 * Tarifit: afray
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tigrinya: ሓጹር
 * Tok Pisin: banis
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: haýat,
 * Tuvan: кажаа
 * Tày: ái
 * Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎄𐎗𐎚
 * Ukrainian:, , ,
 * Urdu: باڑ
 * Uyghur: قاشا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Vilamovian: caojn
 * Walloon: cloteure, håye di ronxhes
 * Welsh: ffens
 * Yiddish: פּלויט


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: perista
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ricelisto
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Manx: kionneyder griu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: heler
 * Nynorsk: helar
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ску́пщик кра́деного,
 * Spanish: perista,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ffensiwr


 * Maori: taki

Verb

 * 1)  To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
 * 2)  To defend or guard.
 * 3)  To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
 * 4)  To engage in the sport of fencing.
 * 5)  To jump over a fence.
 * 6)  To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
 * 1)  To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
 * 2)  To engage in the sport of fencing.
 * 3)  To jump over a fence.
 * 4)  To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
 * 1)  To jump over a fence.
 * 2)  To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
 * 1)  To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Cornish: keas
 * Czech: oplotit
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cercar,
 * German:, , , , , , , , ;  einhagen;
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: φράσσω
 * Hebrew: גידר
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: aijoittaa
 * Irish: fálaigh
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: žogs
 * Macedonian: оградува
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: riceli
 * Finnish: ; ;
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: πωλώ κλοπιμαία (poló klopimaía)
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: фехтувам се
 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: skyrmya
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fægte
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ხმალაობა, ფარიკაობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: déan pionsóireacht
 * Macedonian: мечува, се мечува
 * Maori: tautātete
 * Polish: walczyć na szable, walczyć na szpady, walczyć na szpady
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: sabljati se
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: cleddyfa


 * Finnish: ylittää este