Image:Fence 400px.jpg|thumb|right|A fence (barrier).
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Pronunciation
IPA|/f�n(t)s/
SAMPA|/fEn(t)s/
audio|en-us-fence.ogg|Audio (US)
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Noun
en-noun

1. A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.

#*1865, w:Horatio Alger|Horatio Alger, s:Paul Prescott's Charge/Chapter XVII|Paul Prescott's Charge - Chapter XVII,
#*: There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures

1. A middleman for transactions of stolen goods. Category:Occupations
2. The place whence such a middleman operates.
3. Skill in oral debate.
4. The art or practice of fencing.

#*1599, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Merry Wives of Windsor|The Merry Wives of Windsor,
#*: I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence

1. A guard or guide on machinery.

Synonyms
pawn (2)
pawn shop (3)

Translations
trans-top|barrier
CJKV Characters: �
Czech: plot#Czech|plot m
Dutch: omheining f
Finnish: aita
French: clôture f
German: Zaun m
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Indonesian: pagar
Polish: p�ot m, ogrodzenie n
Portuguese: cerca f
Russian: забо� (zabór) m, изго�од� (ízgorod') m, ог�ада (ográda) n
Spanish: cerca f, cerramiento f, barda f italbrac|Mexico
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trans-top|middleman
German: Mittelsmann m
Indonesian: perantara
trans-mid
Polish: paser m
Russian: �к�п�ик к�аденого (skúpš'ik krád'enovo) m, ба��га (barýga) m sl
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ttbc|Albanian: gardh m
ttbc|Hungarian: kerítés
ttbc|Romanian: gard f and m
ttbc|Telugu: ���� (kaMche), దడి (daDi)

Derived terms
fencepost
fencing

See also
wire netting
wire gauze

Verb
en-verb|fenc|ing

1. transitive To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

#*1856, w:George A. Smith|George A. Smith, s:Journal of Discourses/Volume3/The Leaven of the Gospel, etc.|The Saints Should Divest Themselves of Old Traditions,
#*:Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now fence and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living.

1. transitive To defend or guard.
2. transitive To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
3. intransitive To engage in (the sport) fencing.

#*1921, w:Rafael Sabatini|Rafael Sabatini, s:Scaramouche/Book III/Chapter VI|Scaramouche,
#*:Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.

1. intransitive italbrac|equestrian To jump over a fence.

Translations
trans-top|To build a fence
Finnish: rakentaa aita
French: clôturer
German: einzäunen
trans-mid
Polish: ogradza�
Russian: ого�ажива��/ого�оди�� (ogoráživat'/ogorodít')
Spanish: cercar
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trans-top|To sell stolen goods as a middleman
Finnish: välittää
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trans-top|to engage in (the sport) fencing
Finnish: miekkailla
trans-mid
Russian: �е��ова�� (f'e�továt')
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Synonyms
pawn (3)

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