1847 R. S. Surtees xii. 237 ‘Crash’ the wearer went through a rotten wattled hurdle; ‘swich’ he divided a live thorn fence.
1893 29 June 5/2 Enclosed with a strong live-thorn palisade impenetrable to arrows.
1986 J. Derrett in V. 89 An extended palisade of stakes, well planted at an angle, filled with a live thorn hedge.