Crossword clues for fenced
fenced
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fence \Fence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fenced (f[e^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fencing (f[e^]n"s[i^]ng).]
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To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
To fence my ear against thy sorceries.
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To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens.
--Shak.A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees.
--Shak.To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table.
--McCheyne.
Wiktionary
surrounded by a fence; enclosed. v
(past participle of fence English)
WordNet
adj. enclosed by a fence
Usage examples of "fenced".
The port proper was enclosed and fenced, but ancillary businesses had grown up around it like whorehouses outside a military base: secondary shippers and expediters, gypsy truck collectives running rebuilt eighteen-wheelers, leaky fuel depots.