Fence vs. Guardrail — What's the Difference?

A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length.Alternatives to fencing include a ditch (sometimes filled with water, forming a moat).

A protective railing, as on a staircase or along a highway.

A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.

A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.

An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.

Any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes.

One who receives and sells stolen goods.

A railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.

A place where stolen goods are received and sold.

A railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety

(Archaic) A means of defense; a protection.

To surround or enclose with a fence or other barrier.

To separate or keep out by means of a fence or other barrier

To sell (stolen goods) to a fence.

To ward off; keep away.

To defend.

To practice the art or sport of fencing.

To avoid giving direct answers; hedge.

To act as a conduit for stolen goods.

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.

Skill in oral debate.

The art or practice of fencing.

A guard or guide on machinery.

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

A memory barrier.

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

(transitive) To defend or guard.

(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

To engage in the sport of fencing.

To jump over a fence.

(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.

A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.

To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

A barrier that serves to enclose an area

A dealer in stolen property

Enclose with a fence;

Receive stolen goods

Fight with fencing swords

Surround with a wall in order to fortify

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