fencelineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

fenceline (plural fencelines)

1. The path a fence takes through a landscape; a long, usually straight, section of fence.
   • 2007 January 1, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Edges and Order”, in New York Times‎:

     The farmers up here will have a lot of cleaning to do along the fencelines before they bale hay next June or they will be baling kindling.

2. (Oklahoma, figuratively) A narrow strip of territory that a municipality annexes to surround unincorporated territory that the municipality wants to reserve to itself for future growth.

参考

• strip annexation
• proclamation boundary

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