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living fences

living fences is the plural of living fence.

Meaning of living fence

Noun

living fence (plural living fences)

  1. A natural boundary formed by densely planting shrubs, trees, or vines in order to create a functional barrier.
    • We are not however to imagine there are no inclosures at all; they have mounds of earth-walls, or living fences, about their gardens.1764, Thomas Harmer, Observations On Various Passages of Scriptures, page 216

Questions about living fences

What is living fences the plural of?
Living fences is the plural of living fence.

Words near living fences in the dictionary

  1. living donor
  2. living down
  3. living down to
  4. living end
  5. living fence
  6. living fences
  7. living floor
  8. living floors
  9. living for
  10. living fossil
  11. living fossils

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