Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fence extending from a shore out into a lake or other body of water so that animals in pasture may not pass around its end.
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Examples
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a boom, or "water-fence," of floating logs, about thirty feet from her hull, to keep off any torpedo-boats.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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I just took them out of the water myself from the bed I planted to the west of the water-fence. "
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