- (v.t.) To hedge, cover, make or inclose with hurdles.
- (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
- (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
- (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers or withes and stakes or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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