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hoarding

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hoard·ing  (hôrdng, hr-)
n.
1. A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
2. Chiefly British A billboard.

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

hoarding [ˈhɔːdɪŋ]
n
1. (Business / Marketing) a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road Also called (esp US and Canadian) billboard
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site
[from C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoarding - large outdoor signboardhoarding - large outdoor signboard              
signboard, sign - structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards"
Translations
hoarding1 [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] N (= fence) → valla f; (for advertisements) → valla f publicitaria
hoarding2 [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] N (= act) → acumulación f, retención f

hoarding [ˈhɔːrdɪŋ] n
(British) (for advertisements)panneau m d'affichage, panneau m publicitaire

hoarding1
n (of food etc)Hamstern nt; (of capital)Anhäufen nt, → Anhäufung f

hoarding2
n (Brit: = fence, board) → Bretterzaun m; (at building sites also) → Bauzaun m; (advertising) hoardingPlakatwand f

hoarding [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] n (Brit) (for advertisements) → tabellone m or riquadro per affissioni; (wooden fence) → staccionata, palizzata

hoarding
n hoarding [ˈhoːdiŋ]
1 a temporary fence of boards, eg round a place where a building is being knocked down or built. skutting حاجِز حَوْل مَبْنى временна ограда около строеж ohrada plankeværk der Bauzaun σανιδένιος φράχτης valla plankaed نرده موقت suoja-aita palissade גָדֵר זְמָנִית निर्माणाधीन मकान इत्यादि की चारों तरफ सड़क‍ पर बोर्ड का बाड़ा visoka ograda oko gradnje deszkakerítés pagar keliling timburþil/-girðing palizzata 板囲い (건축 공사장 주위의) 임시 판자 울타리 tvora pagaidu žogs (ap jaunceltni vai nojaucamu ēku) dinding adang schutting plankegjerde płot tapume gard (de pro­tecţie) временный забор вокруг стройплощадки ohrada ograda stavbišča ograda plank แหล่งกักตุน geçici tahta perde 臨時圍籬 огорожа навколо новобудови عمارتی زیمن میں لکڑی کی حد بندی hàng rào gỗ quanh công trường
2 a usually large wooden board on which advertisements, posters etc are stuck. advertensiebord لَوْح كَبير للإعلانات място за лепене на афиши plakátovací stěna reklametavle die Reklamewand πίνακας για αφισοκόλληση valla publicitaria reklaamsein تختهً اعلانات mainostaulu panneau-réclame/d'affichage לוּחַ פִּרסוֹמֶת पट विज्ञापन pano za lijepljenje plakata falragasztábla papan pengumuman auglÿsingaskilti (riquadro/tabellone per affissioni) 広告板 광고 게시판 skelbimų lenta afišu dēlis papan iklan aanplakbord plankevegg til reklame tablica na ogłoszenia placa para anúncios рекламный щит (veľká) stena na plagáty oglasna deska reklamna tabla affisch-, annonstavla แหล่งกักตุน reklam panosu, ilân tahtası 廣告或海報張貼板 рекламний щит اشتہاری تختہ panô quảng cáo


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Here, against a hoarding of decaying timber, he is brought to bay and tumbles down, lying gasping at his pursuer, who stands and gasps at him until the woman comes up.
Not that the idea of being robbed presented itself often or strongly to his mind: hoarding was common in country districts in those days; there were old labourers in the parish of Raveloe who were known to have their savings by them, probably inside their flock-beds; but their rustic neighbours, though not all of them as honest as their ancestors in the days of King Alfred, had not imaginations bold enough to lay a plan of burglary.
On the right hand, the blank unwhitewashed wall of a four-storied house stretched far into the court; on the left, a wooden hoarding ran parallel with it for twenty paces into the court, and then turned sharply to the left.
 
 
 
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