单词 | living fence |
释义 | > as lemmasliving fence living fence n. a fence or barrier formed from living wood or plants, esp. hawthorn. ΚΠ 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 357 For a living-fence, I met with none so..serviceal as those, made by the planching of Quicksets. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. v. 217 We are not however to imagine there are no inclosures in these countries at all: they have mounds of earth, or living fences, about their gardens. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Sept. i. 4/2 In Mali..it [sc. jatropha] has been used for decades by farmers as a living fence that keeps grazing animals off their fields. < as lemmas |
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