Fenceline

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The path a fence takes through a landscape; a long, usually straight, section of fence.

    "The farmers up here will have a lot of cleaning to do along the fencelines before they bale hay next June or they will be baling kindling."

  2. 2
    A narrow strip of territory that a municipality annexes to surround unincorporated territory that the municipality wants to reserve to itself for future growth. figuratively

Example

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"The farmers up here will have a lot of cleaning to do along the fencelines before they bale hay next June or they will be baling kindling."

Etymology

From fence + line.

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