fence month

noun

The month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited.

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Meanings

nounfence month (plural fence months)

plural fence months

  1. colloquialdatedThe month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited.

    Merfis vetitus, fence month, or defence month

    1644, Edw[ard] Coke, The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for W[illiam] Lee, and D[aniel] Pakeman, →OCLC
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“fence month.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fence%20month. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fence month,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fence%20month.

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