Definition of "fence" []

• A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails. (noun)
• The art or sport of fencing. (noun)
• One who receives and sells stolen goods. (noun)
• A place where stolen goods are received and sold. (noun)
• Archaic A means of defense; a protection. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Taken from their families and forced to live in "white" orphanages, three mixed-race aborigine children escape, traveling 1500 miles back home, using the title fence as their guide."
• "Not on the fence part, because the fence is a spectacularly dumb idea but the GDP and wages part."
• "Straddling the fence is the game and gutless or seriously lacking in resolve and determination is the guy who can read but not lead! diridi"