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hoard·ing
(hôr′dĭng)n.
1. A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
2. often hoardings An overhanging wooden structure temporarily mounted atop the walls of a fortification to aid in repelling attackers.
3. Chiefly British A billboard.
[Obsolete hoard, hourd, from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
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hoarding
(ˈhɔːdɪŋ)n
1. (Marketing) a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road. Also called (esp US and Canadian): billboard
2. (Building) a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site
[C19: from C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door]
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حاجِز حَوْل مَبْنىلَوْح كَبير للإعلانات
ohradaplakátovací stěna
plankeværkreklametavle
deszkakerítésfalragasztábla
auglÿsingaskiltitimburòil
skelbimų lentatvora
afišu dēlis
stena na plagáty
hoarding
1 [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] N (= fence) → valla f; (for advertisements) → valla f publicitariahoarding
2 [ˈhɔːdɪŋ] N (= act) → acumulación f, retención fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈhɔːrdɪŋ] n (British) (for advertisements) → panneau m d'affichage, panneau m publicitaire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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1hoarding
2n (Brit: = fence, board) → Bretterzaun m; (at building sites also) → Bauzaun m; (advertising) hoarding → Plakatwand f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˈhɔːdɪŋ] n (Brit) (for advertisements) → tabellone m or riquadro per affissioni; (wooden fence) → staccionata, palizzataCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hoarding
(ˈhoːdiŋ) noun1. a temporary fence of boards, eg round a place where a building is being knocked down or built.
2. a usually large wooden board on which advertisements, posters etc are stuck.
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