The Definition of the word Fence

Fence

(Heb. gader), Num. 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of "unmortared stones, to protect gardens, vineyards, sheepfolds," etc. From various causes they were apt to bulge out and fall "(Ps. 62:3). In Ps. 80:12, R.V. (see Isa. 5:5), the psalmist" "says, "Why hast thou broken down her fences?" Serpents delight" to lurk in the crevices of such fences (Eccl. 10:8; comp. Amos 5:19).