Definition
• | 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. |
• | In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. |
• | An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. |
• | To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. |