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fencelike

  • a word derived from 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.

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A single-sided, fencelike facade, they separate Mandela from the other dancers but don’t actually enclose him, so some of his imprisonment has to be supplied by a viewer’s imagination.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022

The males of several species observe the female examining their work while half-hidden behind a tree or some fencelike part of the bower.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2017