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Fence (disambiguation)

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A fence is a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.

Fence or fences may also refer to:

Entertainment

Music

Other media

Places

Science and technology

Other uses

  • Fence (criminal), dealer in the purchase and sale of stolen property
  • Fence (finance), a combination of financial instruments used to protect an investor against adverse price movements
  • Fence (woodworking), portion of a tool used as a guide
  • Chumra (Judaism) or "building a fence around the Torah", a prohibition or obligation in Jewish practice
  • Fencing response, an unnatural position of the arms following a concussion.

See also