Fenceful
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 As many as make up or line a fence.
"Yes, they were as dry and inflammable as one would expect; I had only to drop a match among them and the whole fenceful would flare up — and perhaps half the Riverina as well."
Adjective
- 1 Affording defense; defensive. obsolete
"But of all the modern Historians there is not anyone has writ with a greater observance of the fenceful Character, than Mariana in his History of Spain."
Example
More examples"But of all the modern Historians there is not anyone has writ with a greater observance of the fenceful Character, than Mariana in his History of Spain."
Etymology
From fence + -ful.
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