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fences


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Term Type

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

fences

Details

Roofless enclosures, barriers, defenses, or bulwarks, such as a hedges, walls, railings, or palisades, constructed along the boundary of a field, park, yard, or another place for the purpose of defending from intruders or keeping livestock or people within.

Variations

fence

fencing

Narrower Terms

chain link fences

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