fence
English
/fɛns/
noun
Definitions
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
- Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- (computing) A memory barrier.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French defens.
Origin
Middle French
defens
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fence sitter English
- fenceful English
- fenceless English
- fencelessness English
- fencelike English
- fenceline English
- fencepole English
- fencepost English
- fencer English
- fencerow English
- forefence English
- geofence English
- geofencing English
- line English
- outfence English
- pole English
- post English
- refence English
- ring English
- ringfence English
- row English
- sitter English
- unfence English
- Fenz German
- フェンス Japanese
- ffens Welsh
- ffensiau Welsh
- ffensio Welsh
- ffensys Welsh
- fencagar Ido
- fenco Ido
- defens Middle French
- Fens Pennsylvania German
- Fensemaus Pennsylvania German