fenced enclosure

collocation in English

meaningsoffenceandenclosure

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fence
noun[C]
uk
/fens/us
/fens/
a structure that divides two areas of land, similar to a wall but made of wood or wire and supported ...
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enclosure
noun
uk
/ɪnˈkləʊ.ʒər/us
/ɪnˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/
an area surrounded by fences ...
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(Definition offenceandenclosurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffenced enclosure

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He said that he saw mankind as a herd of cattle within afencedenclosure.
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At least part of the house may have been used for animals, as afencedenclosureadjoined one end.
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Passengers were confined to afencedenclosureat the rear, which was unlocked by the train conductor when the train arrived.
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It comprised two round timber buildings inside afencedenclosure, and two cremation pits.
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It was a single forty-foot platform without a shelter, passengers being confined to afencedenclosureat the rear, which would be opened by the guard.
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Since all energized connection points are securely enclosed in a grounded metal housing, a padmount transformer can be installed in places that do not have room for afencedenclosure.
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The oil tanks and the associated pipework lie outside the fenced enclosures that formed the original transformer station.
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Fenced enclosures have been helpful in the early recovery of some of the local flora.
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Substations may be on the surface in fenced enclosures, underground, or located in special-purpose buildings.
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The camps are pre-made fenced enclosures to help protect them from wild animals, and require the tribes to keep a fire going and at least two players on watch.
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To reduce the spread of radioactive contamination after the accident, contaminated soil was excavated and stockpiled in fenced enclosures that were called graveyards of the earth.
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