fenceline

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounfenceline (plural fencelines)

plural fencelines · alternative fence line

  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.

    2007 January 1, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Edges and Order”, in New York Times
  2. figurativelyOklahomaA narrow strip of territory that a municipality annexes to surround unincorporated territory that the municipality wants to reserve to itself for future growth.

Origin

From fence + line.

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APA

fenceline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fenceline

MLA

“fenceline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fenceline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fenceline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fenceline.

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