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A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
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Alternative spelling of abatis [A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.]
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Alternative form of alestake [(historical) A stake or pole serving as a sign at an alehouse or inn, often with a garland or "bush" attached.]
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Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated.
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An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
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(historical, in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
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One who takes part in the craft of basketweaving.
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(military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
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(US) A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
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(archaic) A cask or barrel.
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Obsolete form of curlicue. [A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.]
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Alternative form of catch fence [A fence designed to catch falling or flying debris, or otherwise absorb its impact]
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(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
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A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.
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(military) A flexible, rollable material made from chestnut wood, used for fencing or to provide traction for the tracks of tanks.
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Protective row of spikes or broken glass set into the top of a wall and used to prevent intrusion.
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(military) A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.
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A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.
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Alternative form of electric fence [A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.]
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A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
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Alternative spelling of fencepost [A post which helps hold up a fence.]
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Alternative spelling of fencepost [A post which helps hold up a fence.]
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As many as make up or line a fence.
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A little fence (barrier).
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A usually wooden pole forming part of a fence.
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A post which helps hold up a fence.
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The land adjacent to a fence
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A string of flags (usually red) used to demarcate boundaries that contain wildlife such as wolves, and deter them from crossing.
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Alternative form of geofencing. [The act of establishing and maintaining a geofence around an area.]
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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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(US) A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
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(surveying) A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.
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(in the plural, historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
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(obsolete) A bolt for a crossbow.
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A pollard or tree standing as a mark or boundary for the division of parts or parcels in a grove, thicket, or woods.
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(obsolete) A fence, in parts of Asia.
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Alternative form of paling [A pointed stick used to make a fence.]
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A wooden stake; a picket.
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A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
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(fortification) Obsolete form of palisade. [A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.]
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Obsolete form of palisade. [A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.]
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Obsolete form of palisade. [A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.]
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Obsolete form of pavis. [(military, historical) A very large shield, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center.]
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A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
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A fence that circles the perimeter of an area to prevent access
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A stake driven into the ground.
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A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars.
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(military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
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(historical) A Roman military javelin.
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A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.
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A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
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A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
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To ride alongside the fence that borders a ranch, to identify and fix any breaches.
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Of a fence: having stakes laid across the bars.
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A fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one enclosure.
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(US) A type of fence made of criss-crossed pairs of wood poles, which was fairly common in western rangeland before the introduction of barbed wire.
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(historical) A ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.
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A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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A kind of wooden fence, typical of the Scandinavian countryside, usually made from unsplit young trees.
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A long stapler used in bookbinding to insert staples into the spine of a catalogue, brochure, etc., and having a V-shaped hump or "saddle" for precise alignment with the central fold.
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The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.
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A barrier in a stream, made from stakes and wire.
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(dated, military) A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
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(military) A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.
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A fence erected for the purpose of preventing windblown snow from drifting, e.g. onto a road or railway.
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A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
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A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
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(Australia) A type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of three stips of metal at equal angles to each other.
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A small post for supporting paling.
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An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
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A staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.
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Alternative spelling of threshing board, synonym of threshing sledge [Synonym of threshing sledge]
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The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
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A steel rod that stabilises the neck of a guitar
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(figuratively) A symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle.
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(UK, Cambridge University slang) Synonym of wedge: the person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
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(historical) A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
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Clipping of Zimmer frame. [(UK) A walking frame.]
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