electric fence
nounDefinitions
A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent…
A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.
- To ward off deer, Mr. Haas, an ornithologist, has installed an electric fence around his garden in the park.
- [W]hen Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain joked about a killer electric fence to keep migrants out, political electric shocks surged rapidly south of the Rio Grande.
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