fencerow
Americannoun
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the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.
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any uncultivated strip of land within a field, farm, etc.
Example Sentences
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In his poetry, Mr. Berry pays eloquent homage to the butterfly, the dandelion and the Sycamore leaf, as well as the fencerow, the river and the barn.
From Time ● Nov. 20, 2014
Hand sprayers are fine for small gardens, but for bigger jobs around the farm -- such as cleaning up a fencerow with brush killer or spraying fruit trees -- nothing beats a backpack sprayer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frightful flew into the leafy shelter of a maple tree growing along a fencerow.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
He ran to the fencerow where he had left two pieces of bread and the cuts from a particularly tender haunch of beef that Nancy had wrapped in a white cloth for him.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Ed Turner, driving past on his way home from town, stopped and waited until Jethro could get from mid-field up to the fencerow.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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