hoarding

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  1. noun A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
  2. noun Chiefly British A billboard.

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  1. Obsolete hoard, hourd, from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle, from Old French, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Verbal noun of hoard, v.
  2. from hoard + -ing.
 

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/ˈhoʊrdɪŋ/
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