fencedadj.

Brit.

/fɛnst/, U.S.

/fɛnst/

Etymology: < fence v. + -ed suffix¹.

In various senses of the verb.

a. Furnished with defences, fortified. Now only in Biblical phraseology.

ΚΠ

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 155/1 Fencyd, or defencyd, defensus, munitus, defensatus.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith iii. 6 Holofernes..conquered all stronge fensed cities.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. lxxv. 34 In fensed towres bestowed is their graine.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xvii. 9 They built them high places..from the tower of the watchmen, to the fenced city.

1748 J. Hervey Contempl. Night in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 2) II. 4 I might have beheld our fenced Cities encompassed with Armies.

1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xii. 198 He speaks..of its villages and fenced cities.

b. Provided with a hedge or rail, railed off, enclosed. literal and figurative. Also fenced in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by a fence or paling

paled1531

impaled1549

palisadoed1612

infenced1613

picketed1755

palisaded1793

ring-fenced1796

fenced in1957

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling

paled1531

impaled1549

mounded1565

palisadoed1612

infenced1613

picketed1755

palisaded1793

fenced in1957

1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 77 The fenced enclosures of a university.

1957 New Yorker 29 June 64/3 An enormous, fenced-in storage area piled high with crates and packages.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. (Suppl.) 1 He..pushed the pair of us into a..fenced-in yard.

c. Scots Law. Poinded; see fence v. 8c.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > liable to be levied upon for debt > seizing goods for debt > seized for debt

poinded1601

extendeda1625

fenced1637

distressed1896

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 207 Fenced goods that ye can~not intromit with.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fenced
释义	fencedadj. Brit. /fɛnst/, U.S. /fɛnst/ Etymology: < fence v. + -ed suffix¹. In various senses of the verb. a. Furnished with defences, fortified. Now only in Biblical phraseology. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 155/1 Fencyd, or defencyd, defensus, munitus, defensatus. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith iii. 6 Holofernes..conquered all stronge fensed cities. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. lxxv. 34 In fensed towres bestowed is their graine. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xvii. 9 They built them high places..from the tower of the watchmen, to the fenced city. View more context for this quotation 1748 J. Hervey Contempl. Night in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 2) II. 4 I might have beheld our fenced Cities encompassed with Armies. 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xii. 198 He speaks..of its villages and fenced cities. b. Provided with a hedge or rail, railed off, enclosed. literal and figurative. Also fenced in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by a fence or paling paled1531 impaled1549 palisadoed1612 infenced1613 picketed1755 palisaded1793 ring-fenced1796 fenced in1957 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling paled1531 impaled1549 mounded1565 palisadoed1612 infenced1613 picketed1755 palisaded1793 fenced in1957 1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 77 The fenced enclosures of a university. 1957 New Yorker 29 June 64/3 An enormous, fenced-in storage area piled high with crates and packages. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. (Suppl.) 1 He..pushed the pair of us into a..fenced-in yard. c. Scots Law. Poinded; see fence v. 8c. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > liable to be levied upon for debt > seizing goods for debt > seized for debt poinded1601 extendeda1625 fenced1637 distressed1896 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 207 Fenced goods that ye can~not intromit with. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1440
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