fence (n.)
- abatis
- arm
- armor
- backstop
- baffle
- balustrade
- bank
- banquette
- bar
- barbican
- barrage
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- battle
- battlement
- bicker
- block
- blockade
- boom
- bootleg
- bound
- boundary
- box
- brawl
- breakwater
- breastwork
- broil
- buffer
- bulkhead
- bulwark
- cage
- cavil
- center
- champion
- cheval-de-frise
- clash
- cloak
- close
- cofferdam
- combat
- compromise
- contest
- coop
- copyright
- corral
- cover
- curtain
- cushion
- dam
- defense
- dike
- ditch
- dodge
- drawbridge
- duck
- duel
- earthwork
- embankment
- enclosure
- ensure
- entanglement
- escarp
- escarpment
- feint
- feud
- fieldwork
- fight
- foil
- fortification
- garrison
- gate
- grapple
- groin
- guarantee
- guard
- harbor
- haven
- hedge
- hedgerow
- hem
- hoarding
- independent
- jam
- jetty
- jostle
- joust
- keep
- levee
- logjam
- loophole
- lunette
- machicolation
- man
- maneuver
- mantelet
- mean
- medium
- merlon
- mew
- milldam
- mine
- moat
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mole
- moonshine
- mound
- nestle
- neutral
- outwork
- pale
- paling
- palisade
- parapet
- parry
- patent
- pen
- picket
- police
- portcullis
- push
- quarrel
- quibble
- rail
- railing
- rampart
- receiver
- recoil
- redoubt
- register
- riot
- roadblock
- safeguard
- scarp
- sconce
- scramble
- screen
- scuffle
- seawall
- separate
- shelter
- shield
- shift
- shove
- shrink
- shroud
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- skirmish
- spar
- stockade
- stop
- struggle
- surround
- swagman
- swerve
- tilt
- tourney
- trellis
- tussle
- waffle
- wall
- war
- weir
- work
- wrestle
fence (v.)
- arm
- armor
- avoid
- backstop
- baffle
- bank
- bar
- barrage
- barricade
- battle
- bicker
- bless
- block
- blockade
- boggle
- boom
- bootleg
- bound
- box
- brawl
- broil
- buffer
- bulwark
- cage
- cavil
- center
- champion
- circumscribe
- clash
- cloak
- close
- collide
- combat
- compromise
- confine
- contend
- contest
- coop
- copyright
- corral
- cover
- crenellate
- curtain
- cushion
- dam
- defend
- dike
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- duel
- embattle
- encircle
- enclose
- ensure
- entrench
- equivocate
- evade
- feint
- fend
- feud
- fight
- foil
- fortify
- garrison
- gate
- grapple
- groin
- guarantee
- guard
- harbor
- hedge
- hem
- immure
- insure
- jam
- jostle
- joust
- keep
- man
- maneuver
- mean
- mew
- mine
- moonshine
- mound
- mystify
- nestle
- nitpick
- obscure
- outwit
- pale
- palisade
- palter
- parry
- patent
- pen
- picket
- police
- prevaricate
- protect
- push
- pussyfoot
- qualify
- quarrel
- quibble
- rail
- recoil
- register
- restrict
- riot
- safeguard
- sconce
- scramble
- screen
- scuffle
- secure
- separate
- shelter
- shield
- shift
- shirk
- shove
- shrink
- shroud
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- skirmish
- spar
- stockade
- stonewall
- stop
- strive
- struggle
- surround
- swerve
- tergiversate
- tilt
- tourney
- trellis
- tussle
- underwrite
- vacillate
- waffle
- wall
- war
- work
- wrestle
fence (adj.)
- arm
- bar
- black-market
- bless
- block
- bootleg
- bound
- center
- champion
- close
- cover
- dam
- ditch
- gate
- guard
- haven
- impartial
- indecisive
- independent
- irresolute
- man
- mean
- medium
- mine
- neutral
- obscure
- pale
- patent
- pen
- rail
- riot
- screen
- secure
- separate
- shift
- shy
- stop
- tilt
- unbiased
- uncertain
- uncommitted
- undecided
- unprejudiced
- vacillating
- wall
- war
- work
An I thought he had been valiant and so cunning in fence, I 'ld have seen him damned ere I 'ld have challenged him.
Enjoy your dear wit and gay rhetoric,
That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence.
