hoarding

(hôrdiŋ)

noun

  1. a temporary wooden fence around a site of building construction or repair
  2. a billboard

Origin: < obs. hoard, hoarding < OFr hourde < Frank *hurda, enclosure, pen: for IE base see hurdle

See hoarding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
  2. Chiefly British A billboard.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete hoard, hourd

Origin: , from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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