fencepost

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noun

A post which helps hold up a fence.

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Meanings

nounfencepost (plural fenceposts)

plural fenceposts · alternative fence-post · alternative fence post

  1. A post which helps hold up a fence.

    Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 72

Origin

From fence + post.

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Translations

Danish hegnspæl
  • hegnspælpost holding up a fence
Finnish aitatolppa, aidantolppa
  • aitatolppapost holding up a fence
  • aidantolppapost holding up a fence
  • aitapylväspost holding up a fence
  • aidanpylväspost holding up a fence
  • aitaseiväspost holding up a fence
  • aidanseiväspost holding up a fence
French poteau de clôture, pieu
  • poteau de clôturepost holding up a fence
  • pieupost holding up a fence
German Zaunpfahl
  • Zaunpfahlpost holding up a fence
Latin vacerra
  • vacerrapost holding up a fence
Māori pou taiepa, turi
  • pou taiepapost holding up a fence
  • turipost holding up a fence
Swedish staketstolpe
  • staketstolpepost holding up a fence
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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