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fencing off

fencing off is the present participle and gerund of fence off.

Meaning of fence off

Verb

fence off (third-person singular simple present fences off, present participle fencing off, simple past and past participle fenced off)

  1. To enclose an area within a fence.
    • The cutting is fenced off from the main line at the Clifton end, and is, therefore, not observed from main line trains.1950 May, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland”, in Railway Magazine, page 330

Questions about fencing off

What is fencing off the present participle and gerund of?
Fencing off is the present participle and gerund of fence off.

Words near fencing off in the dictionary

  1. fenchyls
  2. fencible
  3. fencibles
  4. fencing
  5. fencing in
  6. fencing off
  7. fencing response
  8. fencing responses
  9. fencing the tables
  10. fencing wire
  11. fencing wires

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