Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

fenced

  • past participle
    of fence.
    fence
    noun
    a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of vertical posts connected with horizontal sections of sturdy material or materials, as wood, metal, vinyl, or wire, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
  • past tense form
    of fence.
    fence
    noun
    a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of vertical posts connected with horizontal sections of sturdy material or materials, as wood, metal, vinyl, or wire, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Their sites are bare ground, fenced off from the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Retired teacher Helene Ball won a three-year battle against Derbyshire County Council after it fenced off a 98cm gated gap between her garden and a council car park in April 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

A video from the scene released by prosecutors shows animals doubled up in cages, barking and frightened, and over a dozen cats held in a fenced area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

It took some doing, but right around the time California was swallowed back by the ocean, they were fenced off, too poisonous for use.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline